electronic mail, or e-mail for short, is an entirely new way of communication by means of computers. being fast,inexpensive, highly efficient and convenient, e-mail is so popular in developed countries that it is difficult to imagine modern life without it.
nowadays, millions of computers all over the world have been connected to form a global network called internet. you can send or receive by e-mail a variety of information and documents such as letters, papers, video and audio files to anyone in over 170 countries in a short over, language harriers are not a problem, because internet software is capable of translating your mail into whatever language you want. you can also store, , edit, compile and search your e-maih most importantly, e-mail helps us overcome space and time limitations in communication.
with the rapidly growing popularity of computers and the fast expansion of the information highway,wider and wider applications of internet e-mail will be developed and e-mail will soon become an indispensable means of communication.