E-mail

When someone sends a letter through the post office to someone’s house it’s called snail mail. When someone sends someone a letter on the Internet it’s called e-mail, which means electronic mail. There are lots of different e-mail providers. The ones I’m most familiar with are Yahoo, Google, Myway, AOL, and Hotmail. I prefer Yahoo. There are several advantages sending e-mail rather than snail mail. For one, it’s instantaneous. It’s also very easy to change the style of lettering, background, size and color of font, and general formatting. You can usually include links to websites, pictures, and attachments. Attachments can be lots of different things, such as pictures, videos, games, software, or MP3s.
The amount of storage space you have varies between the different e-mail providers. If you want to e-mail more than one person at a time you can usually make a list of e-mail addresses separated by commas in the Send to box.
Yahoo is one e-mail provider that has calendars. You can set reminders for things like appointments or birthdays with the calendar. Addresses can also be stored with some e-mail providers. You can set up folders that can organize different e-mail subjects. With my Yahoo mail I have a Bulk folder that sorts out most of the spam I get. Spam is unwanted advertising e-mails. One good thing about online e-mail is even if your computer crashes, your e-mail will remain safe.
I’ve used e-mail now for about 7 years. I write my friends and family. I get lots of interesting e-mails from my mom. I’ve sent and received e-cards from friends and family too. E-cards are like greeting cards online, and can be funny or touching. They can also include sound and animation. It’s nice to have e-mail, because it gives me something to do, and a way to talk to people.