9. Advantages of email

- Sending an email to someone is very easy, people need little training to learn how to do this

- Emails are free to send -so long as you have an email account and a connection to the Internet.

- Emails are usually received fairly quickly, most of the time a couple of seconds after they are sent

- People don't have to be present to receive the email

- Emails can be sent any time of the day or night, 365 days a year

- Files and images can be attached to an email

- Multiple copies of a message can be sent to a group of people

- A carbon copy of an email can be sent to other people

- You can request proof of receipt or proof of the email being opened

- Messages can be prepared in advance and saved until you are ready to send them.

- Messages can be encrypted making it possible to send confidential information