10. Disadvantages of email

phishing - Both you and the person receiving the email must have an email address and access to a computer and the Internet

- If you don't know the email address of the other person then you can't send them a message

- Some people change their email addresses fairly often as they switch ISPs or jobs

- Spam is a big problem, up to two-thirds of mails sent are spam

- People can waste company time at work by sending emails to friends instead of working

- When you are on holiday, your email box can become full and extra messages might not get stored

- You may have to wait a long time to get a reply.

- Email attachments can contain viruses

- Some companies won't allow email attachments to be received

- There are a lot of email scams and it is easy to get fooled by them

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