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Many Disadvantages of Email
Many Disadvantages of Email
Disadvantages of emails
Emails may carry viruses. These are small programs that harm your computer s
ystem. They can read out your email address book and send themselves to a number
of people around the world.
Many people send unwanted emails to others. These are called spam mails. It
takes a lot of time to filter out the unwanted emails from those that are really
important.
Emails cannot really be used for official business documents. They may be lo
st and you cannot sign them.
Your mailbox may get flooded with emails after a certain time so you have to
empty it from time to time.
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Advantages and disadvantages of using email
Advantages
Emails are delivered extremely fast when compared to traditional post.
Emails can be sent 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Webmail means emails can be sent and received from any computer, anywhere in
the world, that has an Internet connection.
Cheap - when using broadband, each email sent is effectively free. Dial-up u
sers are charged at local call rates but it only takes a few seconds (for conven
tional email, eg text only) to send an email.
Emails can be sent to one person or several people.
Disadvantages
The recipient needs access to the Internet to receive email.
Viruses are easily spread via email attachments (most email providers scan e
mails for viruses on your behalf).
10. Viruses
A virus could seriously affect your computer. If you want to know how to use ema
il effectively, it's worth learning how to deal with these.