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E-mail Basics E-mail (electronic mail) is very similar to the mail the postal carrier delivers to your home or office- except it arrives much faster. E-mail saves time and helps you communicate more frequently. See also ... For more information on e-mail, see online Help and also the MSN e-mail tutorial. Access the tutorial from the Start Page. Click Help, then select Take a Tour, and then choose e-mail. E-mail Basics What Is E-mail? When someone calls you on the telephone, you pick it up and you have a conversation with the caller. It's an immediate exchange with the caller. With a letter sent by the post office, someone writes the letter, puts it in an envelope, puts a stamp on it, and puts it in a mailbox. You get it days later. You read and respond to the letter at your leisure, a process that takes days. E-mail is a little like both. Electronic mail is delivered almost at the speed of a telephone conversation but doesn't require immediate attention like a telephone call. E-mail is delivered more quickly than post office mail (often called snail mail because it is slow in comparison) and it's closer to the informality of a telephone conversation. With e-mail, you use your keyboard and telephone line instead of a pen, paper, and stamps. You type a message to the recipient and send it through the Web. You can send and receive e-mail to and from anyone in the world who has an e-mail account. Your MSN™ Companion mail service looks like this: 5-2 E-MAIL COMPAQ IPAQ HOME INTERNET APPLIANCE IA-2-GETTING STARTED

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5-2 E-
MAIL
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E-mail Basics
E-mail (electronic mail) is
very similar to the mail the
postal carrier delivers to
your home or office—
except it arrives much
faster.
E-mail saves time and helps
you communicate more
frequently.
For more information on
e-mail, see online Help and
also the MSN e-mail tutorial.
Access the tutorial from the
Start Page. Click
Help
, then
select
Take a Tour
, and then
choose
e-mail
.
See also ...
E-mail Basics
What Is E-mail?
When someone calls you on the telephone, you pick it up and
you have a conversation with the caller. It's an immediate
exchange with the caller. With a letter sent by the post office,
someone writes the letter, puts it in an envelope, puts a stamp
on it, and puts it in a mailbox. You get it days later. You read
and respond to the letter at your leisure, a process that takes
days.
E-mail is a little like both. Electronic mail is delivered almost
at the speed of a telephone conversation but doesn't require
immediate attention like a telephone call. E-mail is delivered
more quickly than post office mail (often called
snail mail
because it is slow in comparison) and it’s closer to the
informality of a telephone conversation.
With e-mail, you use your keyboard and telephone line
instead of a pen, paper, and stamps. You type a message to the
recipient and send it through the Web. You can send and
receive e-mail to and from anyone in the world who has an
e-mail account.
Your MSN™ Companion mail service looks like this: