Email

Email is an abbreviated form of electronic mail.  It is the modern way of sending a letter!  To send and receive email you need an email account and there are a number of providers who offer this service.  Once you have set your account up you will need to give out your email address and collect email addresses from those you wish to communicate with.  An email address ensures that only the mail meant for that person gets to them and is sent from them.

Email is quick and easy to use.  Any messages you receive are automatically stored in your "inbox" and messages that you send are stored in your "sent" box.  No more letter filing is necessary because it all happens digitally!  This means you can access your email from anywhere, anytime - so long as your devices are connected to your email account.  As well as sending messages you can attach documents, pictures and links to your email for the recipient and you can receive these too.

Apart from cutting down costs (postage) and storage, email is easy to search for particular communications. Instead of going through a pile of letters, you can search for a word or the person who sent the email.  You can set up your email account to save emails to particular folders - the most common are: family, friends, colleagues but you could also save emails from companies you purchase from, job opportunities, volunteering groups - the list goes on!  You can set your email up so that it suits you and the beauty of this is that it is completely personal and customisable to your needs.  If you want to set up an email account or understand email better, we can help.