Electronic mail is the fastest growing form of world wide communication. More and more businesses and home users are adopting the technology that allows a message to be sent from one side of the world to the other, all for the cost of a local telephone call.

The Benefits of E-mail:

• For the Price of a local phone call you can send considerable amounts of data.
• It is instant.
• You can construct your thoughts logically and thoroughly, ensuring that you get your main points across, without getting sidetracked - something that can't always be achieved with a phone call!
• Data can be edited and checked for errors before it is sent, as editing is easy in E-mail.
• If set up and used correctly, sending an E-mail is almost like using registered post, you can guarantee its destination and gain a receipt.
• You don't have to leave your desk.
• E-mail is a time saving device.
• You can attach other documents e.g. reports, tables, spreadsheets and images.
• E-mails can be filed easily.
• At the simple touch of a button you can distribute documents to a wide number of people.
• Unlike Fax machines, which scan your image, the information contained in an E-mail is digital. Therefore, if you wish, it can be edited and amended by other parties.
• Your E-mails can be password protected.
• Confidentiality is increased as your E-mail will go directly to the named person. It will not run the risk of being mistakenly opened in the post by the wrong person or being left in a Fax Tray for others to see.
  
  
  

The Internet:

The Internet provides a fantastic source of information on practically anything you wish to know about. Many businesses are tapping into this in order to see what other organisations are offering and to find the answers to all those queries and problems that can crop up in daily situations.