Sending an email to someone is very easy, people need little training to learn how to do this |
Both you and the person receiving the email must have an email address and access to a computer or device that can access the Internet |
Emails are free to send -so long as you have an email account and a connection to the Internet. |
If you don't know the email address of the other person then you can't send them a message |
Emails are usually received fairly quickly, most of the time a couple of seconds after they are sent |
Some people change their email addresses fairly often as they switch ISPs or jobs |
People don't have to be present to receive the email |
Spam is a big problem, up to two-thirds of mails sent are spam |
Emails can be sent any time of the day or night, 365 days a year |
People can waste company time at work by sending emails to friends instead of working |
Files and images can be attached to an email |
When you are on holiday, your email box can become full and extra messages might not get stored |
Multiple copies of a message can be sent to a group of people |
You may have to wait a long time to get a reply. |
A carbon copy of an email can be sent to other people |
Email attachments can contain viruses |
You can request proof of receipt or proof of the email being opened |
Some companies won't allow email attachments to be received |
Messages can be prepared in advance and saved until you are ready to send them. |
There are a lot of email scams and it is easy to get fooled by them |
Messages can be encrypted making it possible to send confidential information |
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