How to send and email !
An e-mail is quite simply a ´letter´ which you can send over the Internet. By writing an e-mail to someone you are writing out a message and sending it to them via the web. Also, not only can you send an e-mail to one person, but to groups of people who can either be added to the original e-mail or C.C´d in a previously sent or received e-mail. The process of sending an e-mail is simple, no matter which e-mailing site you send it from .ie. Gmail, Hotmail, AOL .etc. the process should be similar, if not the same. Firstly, you must sign into whichever emailing account you are choosing to use and then go to create a new email. After the page has reloaded and is on a clean email, you write out the message you wish to send. Afterwards you add the contact you are planning to send it to, multiple if you wish, and also, you can C.C people if you would like for them to read the email. Then all you have to do is click send, as simple as that. Emailing is also great for sending documents and/or photos; all you have to do is hit the attach button and you can attach whatever you want to the email for the other person to receive.
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Which protocols send the email ?
The more technical side of emailing is the POP3 and IMAP protocols. These protocols are basically the processes which send your emails to one or multiple computers, or different servers. IMAP is much more beneficial because it sends the email to different servers rather than to one computer only: resulting in you having to re download all your emails on to separate devices.
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"How POP3 works"
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Communicating via Email
Nowadays, most communication is done over the Internet or using other form of technology. There are of course, advantages and disadvantages to both. Primarily, it is easier and much more efficient to use some form of technology to communicate because most of today's population uses technology as their main source of communication: however, you cannot forget about disadvantages such as viruses and spamming, especially when it comes to email accounts. If you do no put the appropriate security settings on your email accounts then hackers could enter the account and retrieve personal details you bank details and address .etc. Either way, it is the persons own personal choice whether or not they choose to communicate using advanced forms of technology such as the Internet and emailing.
