, generally known as e-mail, is a technology for exchanging
information or messages on the Internet between a sender and one or many
recipients.
E-mail is generally acknowledged to have revolutionised business
correspondence, and has become the main medium of electronic communication
for many organisations. E-mail is easy to use and is more practical and efficient
than postal mail.
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Concepts
An
E-mail address
contains information about the e-mail box to which e-mail
messages are delivered.
For example, an e-mail address such as [email protected] is comprised of a user
name (JDoe), an @ symbol, a domain name (ecdl), and an extension (.org).
E-mail Message
E-mail messages comprise of two areas, the message header and the message
body. The header is organised into fields, for example, From, To, CC, Subject,
Date, and other data about the e-mail. The body contains the message and
sometimes a signature towards the end.
To:
The e-mail address(es), and alternatively name(s) of the message's
recipient(s).
Cc:
Carbon copy; for optional recipients who are not the primary intended
recipient.
Bcc:
Blind carbon copy; addresses added to the list but not recorded in the
message information, so that they cannot be read by other recipients.
Subject:
A brief synopsis of the topic of the message. Abbreviations are usually
utilised as a part of the subject, including "RE:" for reply and "FW:" for forward.
