SS 2 WEEK THREE LESSON NOTE (ICT_323)

 


Ss2

TOPIC: ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) SERVICES

Introduction

Electronic mail also known as email is a means of a computer-based communication in which an electronic letter is sent to one or more recipients. Electronic mail is a common resource provided by the internet which is a worldwide system for sending and receiving electronic mail.

TYPES OF ELECTRONIC MAIL

a.     Client-based email: client-based email is often used by business users and involves the mail being downloaded from a server to an application such as Microsoft outlook or Mozilla thunderbird on the user’s computer.

b.     Webmail: webmail is accessed through a web browser and can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection. Webmail as its name suggest is web-based email.

ADVANTAGES OF EMAILS

a.     Managing email is easy

b.     Email is fast

c.      Email is inexpensive

d.     Email is easy to filter

e.     Transmission is secure and reliable

DISADVANTAGES OF EMAILS

a.     Emails may carry viruses.

b.     Many people send unwanted emails to others

c.      Emails cannot really be used for official business documents. They may be lost and you cannot sign.

d.     Your mail may get flooded with emails after certain time so you have to empty it from time to time.

e.     The recipients need access to the internet to receive email.

f.       Spam: unsolicited email, i.e. junk mail.

g.     Phishing: sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be a legitimate company to scam user into providing information such as personal information and bank account number on blogs or websites.

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