What is the difference between e-mail and general mailbox?

Email (electronic mail, referred to as E-mail, sign: @, also nicknamed "Imeier"), also known as electronic mail, electronic mail, it is - a kind of electronic means to provide information exchange of communication methods. It is the most widely used Internet application. Internet is the most widely used service: through the network of e-mail systems, users can use a very low price (no matter where to send, only need to bear the telephone bill and network charges can be), in a very fast way (within a few seconds can be sent to any destination in the world you specify), with any corner of the world network users to contact, these e-mails can be text, images, sound and other ways. These e-mails can be text, image, sound, etc. At the same time, users can get a large number of free news, featured emails, and realize easy information search. This is not comparable to any traditional method. It is because of the email's easy to use, fast delivery, low charge, easy to save, global unobstructed, makes the email is widely used, it makes the way of communication has been greatly changed. In addition, e-mail also allows for one-to-many mail delivery, where the same message can be sent to many people at once. Most importantly, e-mail is the entire inter-network as well as all other network systems directly oriented to the exchange of information between people, its data senders and receivers are people, so it greatly meets the needs of a large number of people in the existence of people to people communication.

E-mail refers to the communication method of transmitting letters, documents, data and other information by electronic means. E-mail combines the characteristics of telephone communication and postal mail, which transmits information as fast as a telephone and enables the recipient to receive a transcript at the receiving end just like a letter. The e-mail system is also known as a computer-based mail messaging system. It undertakes all the processing from the time the mail enters the system to the time the mail reaches its destination. E-mail can be transmitted using not only the telephone network, but also any communication network. When utilizing the telephone network, it is also possible to utilize its off-peak hours to transmit messages, which is of particular value for commercial mail. Electronic systems controlled by central computers and minicomputers for a limited number of users can be regarded as a computerized conferencing system.

Electronic mailboxes:

Mailboxes are a way of transmitting information on the Internet, and Internet users can apply for one or more mailboxes of their own. Writing a letter with an e-mail address has a great advantage over the traditional way of writing letters. In the past, it often took dozens of days for a letter to reach the recipient after it was sent, and it could be delayed by various factors along the way. Nowadays, it only takes a few minutes or even seconds for the mail to be delivered to the recipient's mailbox through an electronic mailbox, and it can contain a variety of media files, such as video files, photos, music and so on. Nowadays, there are many e-mail boxes, such as NetEase (163, 126, 188, etc.), 21st Century Mail (mail.21cn.com) and so on are good free e-mail boxes. Nowadays, the capacity of mailboxes is getting bigger and bigger, as much as several gigabytes.

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