A complete information about E-mail

1. E-Mail
Presented By:
Venkatesh G
4th Semester
Department of Studies and Research in Library and
Information Science

2. Content
• Introduction
• Meaning
• Feature
• Benefit
• Drawback
• Conclusion

3. • Ray Tomlinson got initial credit for the invention of
email.
• American computer programmer who tried for the
very first time to invent the email system on
ARPANET in 1971
• He choosing the “@” sign in emails to connect the
username with the destination address.
Introduction

4. • Electronic Mail (e-mail) is one of most
widely used services of Internet
• Electronic mail is a method of transmitting
and receiving messages using electronic
devices
• It allows an Internet user to send a
message to the other Internet user in any
part of world.
• Message in mail not only contain text, but
it also contains, images, vedoius
Meaning

5. Feature
Instant Communication
Accessibility
Attachments
Signature
Scheduling
Encryption and Security
Mass Emailing
Filtering and Spam Control

6. Benefits
It's free
Once you’re online, there is no further
expense
Easy to use
Once you’re set up, sending and
receiving messages is simple
Data storage and contacts can be
accessed quickly and easily
Speed
Message to send? Done, under a
second

7. • Global
Email access your messages anywhere online.
• Email allows for the mass sending of messages
• It provide facility of auto-responders in e-mail

8.  Email messages can contain viruses
 Spam message
 Data storage issues
 Email can cause misunderstandings
Drawback

9. Email facts
• More than 3.5 million emails are sent per second
• Over 294 billion emails are sent and received daily.
• An excess of 100 trillion emails are sent annually

10. Home page of email

11. Conclusion
 Emails are usually accessed through email client
applications or web-based email services (e.g.,
Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo! Mail).
 The email system operates on the Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP) for sending emails and the
Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) or Internet
Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for receiving emails