Email

Introduction
Electronic mail is a form of digital communication that allows one user send to another or multiple users information through the medium of the internet. Email is ubiquitous throughout the world. Most people with computers will use this service to help communicate with a wide variety of user types.

Usages
Where ever people send information to each other email is typically the medium people use. You may have people within the same organisations internally sending vital information or people externally enquiring about the company. Essentially where you find information exchange in the form of files and text. Email is used

Examples
Some examples of email services include-

Gmail

Yahoo Mail

Hotmail

Mail.com

Advantages
The problem of logistics is solved when using email. The need to meet people or ring them up isn’t needed as much now when people can send emails to one another. People don’t need to be located within the same area as one another. Emails let people have more controls over the schedules. Independence is created as users don’t need to synchronise with one another instead they can send messages when they please (with some time constrictions)

Disadvantages
The cons to using email are put into two distinct categories the first is information overload. Email is a type of push technology the send controls who receives the information. Users by the use of mailing lists and the use of copy all can lead to people receiving unwanted mail. Inconsistency. Email can create unwanted amounts of information especially for people in large groups.