What is an Email?

Email is short for 'electronic mail'. Similar to a letter, it is sent via the internet to a recipient. An
email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user.

Key benefits and features of using email

• It's quick – your recipient receives your email as soon as they go online and collect their mail.
• It's secure.
• It's low cost.
• Photos, documents and other files can be attached to an email, so that more information can be
shared.
• One email can be sent to more than one recipient at a time.

Elements of an Email

The parts of an email are:

From: (Who is sending the email-john@yahoo.com)

To: (Who you are sending the email to – live@gmail.com)

Cc: (Who you want to send a copy of the email to – mark@live.com )

Bcc: You add someone you want to send the email to but you do not want everyone to see
who this person is)

Subject: (What the email is about – Requesting an English Class)

The body of the email

NB: Cc means carbon copy and Bcc means blind carbon copy. For emailing, you use Cc when
you want to copy others publicly, and Bcc when you want to do it privately. Any recipients on
the Bcc line of an email are not visible to others on the email.
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