The Computer Revolution/Communication/Email

There are millions of emails sent everyday worldwide. Over the last decade emails have exploded in popularity and have become one of the primary methods of communication. It has become so increasingly popular because it is instant and cheap. Originally emails were all via programs and the content was stored to the hard drive of each individuals personal computer, the web was only accessed to send and receive.

Different Types of Email

Major companies like Yahoo, MSN, Microsoft, AOL are very common email domains. There are also private domain names that belong to organizations or groups that can be designated to individuals.

There are two types of email:

• those which are programmed to the hard drive of a personal computer
• ones that store the information on the web mail

This restricted the access to emails, only one computer could be used to view the emails sent to an individaul. In web mail the information is stored on the web and accessible from any internet station.

Business Advantages

Today many companies in the business world are using Email as there number one form of communication. No long are faxes, phones, and Snail mail being used as a number one form of communication. It can be received almost everywhere, with the use of communication devices such as the Blackberry and where internet access is found. On Outlook such things as keeping documentary confirmation, scheduling and reminder are some of the features that can be utilized. There are functions that allow you to know if your client has opened your sent email.

Personal Advantages

An individual can send a message as well as attach documents like music, video, and images to another individual or to a group of people. Individuals have a number of options when deciding which domain should host their email address from. Most of these popular web-based email accounts offer huge amounts of storage (up to 250 GB) that is free with the account. This allows the user to send messages and media files with great ease.

Tips for Use

-It's a good idea to have multiple e-mail accounts. One for personal communications, one for business/work related communications, and one for signing up for services that might solicit your account or sell it off resulting in it being filled with spam/junk mail. This keeps your messages prioritized and clutter free, and will also make sure you don't accidentally send something inappropriate, that might be okay for friends to read, to a business associate.

-Keep passwords for different accounts separate because if one password is compromised, you lose exponential access and information.

-Don't open suspicious looking e-mails and be wary of any messages trying to solicit a response or action on your behalf. Virus's and trojans can spread through e-mail and the security and stability of a computer can be seriously compromised through e-mail.

"@" before a website address signifies an e-mail account registered at that website