Electronic Mail

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electronic mail, 

e-mail or email is information stored on a computer


that is exchanged between two users over telecommunications. More
plainly, e-mail is a message that may contain text, files, images, or
other attachments sent through a network to a specified individual or
group of individuals. You need an email account with a service provider
such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc  To receive emails, you will need an
email account and an email address. Also, if you want to send emails to
other people, you will need to obtain their email addresses.
Following are the procedure of email:-
Step 1: Sign Into Your Account
On desktop Open Gmail. Go to https://www.gmail.com/ in your
computer's web browser. This will open your Gmail inbox if you're logged
in.

 If you aren't logged into your Gmail account, enter your


email address and password when prompted.
Step 2: Compose a New Email

Click + Compose. It's in the upper-left side of your Gmail inbox. Doing


so opens a "New Message" window in the lower-right corner of the page
Step 3: Write Recipient Email Address
Enter the other person's email address. Click the "To" or "Recipients"
text box at the top of the New Message window, then type in the email
address of the person to whom you want to send your email.
 To add multiple email addresses, type in the first email
address, press  Tab  ↹, and repeat with the other email
addresses.
 If you want to CC or BCC someone on the email, click either
the Cc link or the Bcc link in the far-right side of the "To"
text field, then type the email address you want to CC or
BCC into the "Cc" or "Bcc" text field, respectively.

Step 4: Enter the Subject of the Email


Add a subject. Click the "Subject" text field, then type in whatever you
want the subject of the email to be.
Step 5: Enter the Body
Enter your email message. In the large text box below the "Subject"
text box, type in whatever you want for your email message.
Step 6: format your email

Format your email's text if needed. If you want to apply formatting to


your text (e.g., bolding, italics, or bullet points), highlight the text to which
you want to apply the formatting, then click one of the formatting options
at the bottom of the email window.
Step 7: attach a file

Attach a file if you like. To add a file from your computer, click the
"Attachments" 

 icon at the bottom of the window, then select the file(s) you want to
upload and click Open (or Choose on a Mac).
 You can add photos in this way, or you can upload photos
directly to the email's body by clicking the "Photos" icon 

 at the bottom of the window, clicking Upload,


clicking Choose photos to upload, and selecting photos as
needed.
Step 8: Send and Finish

Click Send. It's a blue button in the bottom-left corner of the email


window. Doing so will send your email to the specified email
address(es).

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