E-mail
E-mail is an electronic message sent from one device to another, it is extremely quick and can happen anytime during the day. There are many ways of sending and recieving e-mails; usually it is sent from computer to computer,but now it can be sent and received by mobile phones and PDAs etc. By using e-mail you can sendmessages but you can also send photos / music / video clips / etc.

How e-mail works
An e-mail passes from a mail server (computer), to another as it travels over the Internet. When it arrives at the mail server, it is stored in an electronic mailbox until the recipient retrieves it.