What are the advantages and disadvantages of e-mail compared with ordinary mail?

Advantages of e-mail: 1, which can be written quickly, edited and saved by keyboard input; 2, realizing paperless, saving paper and achieving the purpose of environmental protection; 3. Click the mouse to distribute the information to one person or even thousands of people; 4. You can receive the email when the recipient is not there, and then read it at your convenience; 5. Low cost.

Disadvantages of email: 1, information overload, some people may receive thousands of emails a day, and a lot of information needs a whole day to read, extract and reply; 2. Lack of emotional content. E-mail can only convey information through words, and face-to-face communication can convey information that cannot be conveyed in e-mail; 3. E-mail may be cold and impersonal, and it can't convey some feelings when it conveys some information that may be a checkers emotional reaction and needs sympathy and understanding or social support.