Thursday, 4 September 2008

Email Summary


Email Summary

Email is a very simple and effective way to contact all your friends which has grown massively during recent years as internet has became more popular. An email can be sent to one individual person or many at the same time. Some of the popular email services include Outlook Express, Hotmail and Yahoo.

The advantages of using email are firstly its simplicity, and its speed. You can send normal messages but can also send attachments of almost anything such as pictures and documents. Another of its advantages is that the recipient does not need to be home, whereas they do when using the phone. The message will jus be picked up when they next log in. Another advantage is that spell check can be used to ensure all words are spelt correctly.

There are also some disadvantages of using email which are that it can often be misused because people send inappropriate messages, spam or junk mail.

By receiving emails you can also receive viruses which attaches itself to your files which spreads and infects your whole computer. Two of these viruses are called Trojan which once installed on a computer it can take control of it, and Worm viruses which replicates itself and can also take over the computer.


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