Email (electronic-mail) became popular during the 1990s and it allows you to send private messages to other people over the Internet:
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Email |
| Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Emails arrive almost instantly – unlike the postal system where a message could take days to reach its destination. |
It can be difficult to check who has sent you an email if their email address is unusual. |
| Emails can be sent very cheaply around the world. |
Parcels can not be sent by email. |
| Any sort of information (e.g. text, video) can be sent by email as an attachment. |
Not everybody in the world can use or access email. |
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