This document provides an overview of email including what it is, how it works, different email account types, differences between electronic and postal mail, usage of email, and etiquette for email communication. It defines email as an electronic message sent over the World Wide Web that allows users to send messages between computers. It describes the basic process of how an email is composed, sent to a service provider, and delivered to the recipient's inbox. It also discusses popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo, and MSN, and how email has become a key communication tool in business. Potential issues with excessive email usage are outlined as well as guidelines for proper "netiquette."

1. By: Akhila Ananth 9C
BTT107 03

2. Plan
• What is e-mail?
• How e-mail works?
• Types of e-mail accounts.
• Google Vs. Yahoo
• Difference between Electronic And
postal mails.
• Usage of e-mails.
• E-mails in the business world!
• How does e-mails affect the People
ergonomically?
• Issues with e-mails.
• E-mail netiquettes.

3. What is e-mail?
E-mail is an electronic mail.
Sent across the World Wide Web.
In which a computer user can send a message
at one computer or address that is generated at
the recipient's terminal when he or she logs in
their e-mail account.

4. How e-mail works?

5. How e-mail works?
User 1 is sending a message to User 2
3. E-mail is sent by user 1
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4. The e-mail gets transferred into an electronic form.
5. The e-mail goes to the service provider.
6. The service provider processes the address the
e-mail should go to and sends the the e-mail to the
“to” address.
5.Now the e-mail is in the user 2’s inbox.
This is all done in a second!

8. MSN
MSN is also known as the windows live hotmail or hotmail.
Hotmail, is a free Web-email service operated
by the Microsoft as part of its Windows live group.
Hotmail was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith.
This web e-mail service was launched in July 1996.

9. Continued
• MSN was one of the first free web mail services.
• Hotmail feature 5GB of storage space,in each and
every account.
• Hotmail also features many other functions other than
sending e-mail.
• One of the most common function is the MSN live
messenger.

10. Yahoo mail is a web based Service.
Inaugurated in 1997.

12. Difference between
Electronic mails and postal mails.
Electronic mails or e-mails are a lot like postal mail.
E-mail saves trees by reducing the usage of paper,While
a postal mail uses paper.
Postal mails need stamps, while e-mails do not need
stamps.
We can send videos and music through e-mails, while
we cannot by mail.

13. E-mail are delivered much much faster than a postal mail.
We can chat through our e-mail accounts.
We have our own separate account and address while
sending e-mails, but in the case of postal mails we do not.
Therefore e-mails are prominently faster, better & cheaper.

14. Usage of e-mails
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15. E-mails in the business world!
• E-mails are used between people to send messages.
• E-mail is used in a business office to leave messages to their
colleagues in their absence.
• Most of the companies communicate with each other thru e-mail.
• Many interviews for new candidates are arranged thru E-mail.

16. How does e-mails affect the People ergonomically?
In order to communicate with people, very far away
from the user’s destination,the e-mail users or people
chat for long periods of time; as it is much more
cheaper and effective.
Sitting on the computer for long periods of time may
cause a damage to their back spine.
It would also cause a damage to the other parts of the
body (like eyes,legs,arms etc…),by developing stress in
those areas.

17. Issues with e-mails
• Ownership and privacy:
while using e-mail services provides
by an organization, do not assume
that the messages that are sent are
private.

18. • continuation
• E-mail in the workplace:
• Overuse of internet leads to reading
hundreds of messages a day! which will be
very extraordinary.
• In order to overcome this problem, some e-
mail programs provide options for sorting
messages according to subject lines.For
example, the globe and mail in 2000 was one
of the e-mail programs which provided this
option.

19. E-mail netiquettes
Netiquette is the rules of etiquette as applied to internet
communications.Some netiquettes that has to be followed are:
• Be polite.
• Do not use all capital letters in your message.
• Make sure you are sending the message to the right
email address
• Keep messages short and to the point.
• Include a descriptive subject line to help the recipient
know the topic of the message.

20. www.wikipedia.com
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www. LEARN THE NET How E-mail
Works.com

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