PRESENTATION

ON
ELECTRONIC MAIL
1) The system of communicating messages in electronic form is called
electronic mail or e-mail in short.
2) The electronic mail system required a communication network,
besides Equipment for sending & receiving mails.

It is believed that the first e-mail was sent by Ray Tomlinson, an

engineer, in 1971.
 WHAT IS ELECTRONIC MAIL?

• Messages communicated through telex, fax, and computer

called
Electronic mails.
• The concept of paperless office was evolved in the
year1960s.
• Sending and receiving mails through computer systems aim
to
make this concept a reality, besides providing an easy and
economical
Means of communication.
 ADVANTAGES OF E-MAILS

1) Messages through e-mail can be in different forms such as text,

image, sound, database, spreadsheet or an application.
2) This is very fast and it reaches its destination within a seconds,
unlike conventional postal system.
3) Online availability of the recipient is not required when sending
e-mails.
4) If message cannot be delivered within a reasonable time limit,
they will return back to their sender indicating the reason for
non-delivery. Mails that are returned are called bounced mails.
 The e-mail is passed by
the router to the server
connected to the
The server reads the
recipient's computer.
address and passes the
e-mail to the correct
computer.

The e-mail is sent to a

router by the server.
The router sends the
messages to another
router.

The message has an

address that it can be
Router
sent directly to the
right computer

An e-mail message
is typed by the s
ender on his
computer. Server

Routers are connected

The message is sent to to each other by
a server which is telephone lines and
connected to the cables.
internet.
 MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOLS

1) Transmission of message through different computer networks is

standardized through special protocols called Simple Mail Transfer
Protocols or SMTP in short. This protocol is used for transferring mails.
Actual process of transmitting messages is done by computer
programs
called Transport Agents.. Incoming mails is manages by POP Post Office
Protocol.
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