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Electronic Mail (E-mail). -is a method of exchanging digitals messages from an author to one or more recipients across the internet or other computer network. Types of E-mail. Web-based E-mail Client-based E-mail POP3 E-mail Services IMAP E-mail Services. Web-based E-mail.
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Electronic Mail (E-mail) -is a method of exchanging digitals messages from an author to one or more recipients across the internet or other computer network.
Types of E-mail • Web-based E-mail • Client-based E-mail • POP3 E-mail Services • IMAP E-mail Services
Web-based E-mail • Most familiar type of email • Common web-based email servers are hotmail, gmail, yahoomail and AOL. • Users log into the email account using a browser to send and receive their email.
POP3 E-mail services • Post Office Protocol 3 • Messages are downloaded to a computer using an email client softwares like Thunderbird and Microsoft Office Outlook and then they are deleted from the email server.
IMAP E-mail services • Internet Message Access Protocol • With an IMAP account, you can access the mail folders on the mail server and you can use any computer to read messages wherever you are.