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Email:

Email stands for Electronic Mail. Email is the exchange of messages and files through Internet. Message can be in the form of graphics, sounds, video clips or simple text. It is a fast way of sending messages anywhere in the world in a very short time.

The sender and receiver may be sitting in the same building or anywhere in the world. One email message can be sent to multiple recipients. Email facility is provided by many internet Service providers or specialized websites. Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail are some popular examples of email providing websites.

Working of Email:

An email program is used to create, send and receive emails. It is also known as email client. When the user sends an email message, the computer connect to an email server and transmits a copy of the message to that server. Email server is a host computer on the internet that is used to send and receive emails. The email server receives the message and finds out the email server where that email is to be sent. It connects to that server and transmits another copy of the message.

Email Attachment:

An email message can also contain attachments. Attachment is a process of sending connecting  files with email message. Any type of file can be attached to email such as documents, spreadsheets, audio and video etc. MIME is an internet protocol that supports email attachments. It stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. Different websites provides different file size that can be attached with an email message. Yahoo provides attachment size of 10MB.