Advantages and disadvantages of using email
Advantages
- Emails are delivered extremely fast when compared to traditional post.
- Emails can be sent 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Webmail means emails can be sent and received from any computer, anywhere in the world, that has an A connection to the internet by a computer or another internet-enabled device..
- Cheap - when using A high-speed internet connection., each email sent is effectively free. An outdated and slow method of connecting to the internet using a telephone line. users are charged at local call rates but it only takes a few seconds (for conventional email, eg text only) to send an email.
- Emails can be sent to one person or several people.
Disadvantages
- The recipient needs access to the internet to receive email.
- A small program written to cause harm to a computer. are easily spread via email A file that is sent with an email. (most email providers scan emails for viruses on your behalf).
- Phishing - sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be a legitimate company to scam the user into providing information, such as personal information and bank account numbers on a bogus A web page or group of web pages hosted on one web server and viewed in a web browser, usually maintained by a person, group or organisation.. The details will then be used for When the identity of an individual is assumed by someone else in order to profit, financially or otherwise..
- No guarantee the mail will be read until the user logs on and checks their email.
- Spam - unsolicited email, ie junk mail.
