Advantages of E-mail.

Electronic mail has several advantages over regular mail.

(i). It is cheap & economical.

It costs almost nothing to transmit an e-mail message over the network, i.e., there is no need for
stamps,

envelopes, etc.

(ii). It is secure, i.e., access to a user’s mailbox can be restricted by use of a password.

(iii). It is faster, i.e., mails can be sent instantly.

The delivery of an e-mail message normally takes seconds or minutes, depending on the distance to the

receiver.

(iv). It is efficient, i.e., a message prepared only once can be sent to several people.

(v). It is convenient.

With E-mail, you can send your messages when it is convenient for you and your recipients respond at

their convenient times.

(vi). E-mail is cheaper in terms of the time invested in preparing the message.