Email & Its Importance

Email is a system of sending and receiving messages electronically. It is a mode of communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal and would be received by the recipient when they check their account. The message can be in the form of the text entered from the keyboard or the electronic files, which have been stored on the storage media.

Advantage of E-mails

Sending an email is more efficient than writing and sending a normal physical letter, for its fast and inexpensive. Email is preferred over the physical letter written on the paper because

-- Email provides enhanced features; such as file attachments, Rich Text Format, and delivery confirmation etc., which is otherwise not possible when sending a normal letter.

 -- It is time-saving and more efficient.

-- Email can be sent to more than one person at a time, and can be received as an information, that has been mailed to more than one person.

-- It is a more private and reliable form of information. The key features of email include:

Address Book: The user can enter the name, address, e-mail address, and additional comments in the address book and can view the same when required, by clicking on the VIEW ENTRIES link.

Attachments: The user can manage all the attachments in their account through this link. With the help of this, the user can download or the attachments.

Calendar: Every e-mail account has a calendar, with the help of which the user can prepare his schedule. This calendar allows users to add, edit or delete entries by clicking on the specific link.

Compose E-mail: This feature allows the user to create mail. When the user has finished writing the content, he can either save it as a draft or can send it to the recipient.

Folders: The user can create, delete, rename folders and sub-folders by clicking on the FOLDER OPTIONS link.

Search: This option is extremely helpful for the users who have many emails. With the help of this feature, the user can delete, move, read and forward emails listed on this page.

Trash folder: When the user deletes any e-mail, it automatically moves to this folder and if needed ,he can anytime undelete the same. This folder is automatically emptied once everyday.

Viewing options: When the user is viewing any message, he has these three options Forward (to forward the message to any other email address), Reply (to reply to the Message of the sender) and Reply All (to reply to all the recipients of the message) When the user is viewing the contents of a folder, he can choose to delete Multiple Messages at one time The user can create the folder and will have an option to Move the message to this Folder. The user can save a lot of time by selecting an option "Multiple Forwarding Options" with the help of which, he can forward multiple messages at one time.

Email Corruption

How do I know that my email has been corrupted? When the user is unable to open or send an email, the chances are that the email has got corrupt. When the user sends the message but he notices a message indicating that the message is queue able instead, there is a probability that the email might be corrupt.

Email Recovery

Email Recovery Software is a tool for repairing and recovering corrupted or deleted emails. Emails are stored in the Mail Folder, which is a separate file. Hence, there are different methods to recover them. If the user deletes emails and wants to restore them, the chances are that he may find it in the Deleted Items folder in outlook and outlook express, but if he has cleared it from there as well, then the message may not be found there. The user, then needs to use the mail recovery software. The Stellar Phoenix Mail Recovery software scans extracts and saves e-mails messages and folders on the local drive. Stellar Information Systems Ltd. is an ISO 9001-2000 certified company specializing in data recovery software, data protection software, services and solutions. Stellar offers a complete solution of file recovery software and lost data restoration programs for Windows (Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP), Apple Macintosh, Novell, Linux, Unix operating system and FAT, NTFS, NTFS5, HFS, HFS+, NWFS, JFS, EXT2 and EXT3 file systems.

Park Oskar a freelancer writer for http://www.stellarinfo.com, a leading provider of file recovery software & service provider. Download recovery software Demo to recover lost, deleted or corrupted files.

By Park Oskar
Published: 8/18/2006

 
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