E-Mail: How It Works
Posted by rock | Posted in Mail | Posted on 06-10-2007
Tagged Under : electronic mail, mail server, popular service
It can take days to send a letter across the country and weeks to go around the world. To save time and money, more and more people are relying on electronic mail. It’s fast, easy and much cheaper than the using the post office. What is e-mail? In its simplest form, e-mail is an electronic message sent from one device to another. While most messages go from computer to computer, e-mail can also be sent and received by mobile phones, PDAs and other devices. With e-mail, you can send or receive personal and business-related messages with attachments, such as photos or formatted documents. You can also send music, video clips and software programs.
Let’s say you have a small business with sales reps working around the country. How do you communicate without running up a huge phone bill? Or what about keeping in touch with far-flung family members? E-mail is the way to go. It’s no wonder e-mail has become the most popular service on the Internet.
Sending and Receiving Messages
To receive e-mail, you need an account on a mail server. This is similar to having a street address where you receive letters. One advantage over regular mail is that you can retrieve your e-mail from any location on earth, provide that you have Internet Access Once you connect to your mail server, you just download your messages to your computer.
Nice info!
You have good explained topic. Also, you presented what can potentially be a pretty confusing topic in a very lucid and easily understood manner! Can you present any graphical representation to well understanding how email works?