Online Communication (E-mail)

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Technology has changed the way people communicate. With the help of technology, people being easier to communicate in long distance. We don’t need to send a letter and go to the post office to deliver our massage to target people. Nowadays, as technology development many kind of online communication that can be used in daily life. Some can be used at any time like chat application WA, Line, BBM, Skype and many more otherwise, some can’t be done like E-mail and online forum.

E-mail is an extension of electronic mail. Meaning that it can use for sending a massage. Documents, letters, pictures and other electronic items can be attached to the message and sent along with the message. If we back in the past, many email programs that ever used by people like Rocket mail, Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail. But, the most popular email program that often used by internet users in the world is Gmail. A lot of facilities offered by Gmail make its users choose this program. Some of the conveniences are being able to send letters to many people, attaching signatures, attaching documents, files, photo music and forwarding emails sent.

1. Signature
For making a signature, go to the setting (usually shown by icon gear). Scroll down and find the signature option and the put your signature and clicking to activate the signature.



2. Attaching Document, File and so on
You can also attach your document by clicking the attach file option beside the blue box Send.

3. Object E-mail
On the menu To in Gmail there is other menu that is Cc and Bcc. All three haves differences include,
To     = one recipient
Cc    = A Carbon Copy, is an e-mail that is copied to one or more recipients. Both the main and the Cc'd recipients can see all the addresses the message was sent to.
Bcc    = a Blind carbon copied, neither the main recipient nor the Bcc'd recipients can see the addresses in the "Bcc:" field.

4. Forwarding
If you want to continue your email to other members you can use menu forward below the massage


Using E-mail also required us to keep the etiquette during the process. The rules of etiquette that when communicating over the Internet or social networks are different from communicating in person or by audio (such as telephone) or videophone. It is a social code of network communication and help. (Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_technology)
Dimensions of Netiquette include social, cultural, religion, racial, political and legal. In using e-mail we have to be careful toward the virus, spam can be a virus if someone tries to hack your e-mail.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Email

      Email (electronic mail) is a tool for sending messages by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network. Email is first invented by Ray Tomlinson, email first entered limited use in the 1960s and by the mid-1970s had taken the form now recognized as email. Today's email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. Email servers accept, forward, deliver, and store messages. Neither the users nor their computers are required to be online simultaneously; they need to connect only briefly, typically to a mail server or a webmail interface, for as long as it takes to send or receive messages. Using email can give you some advantages and disadvantages for its user. Here are some explanations about that.
      Firstly, email can give us a lot of the ease and advantages. Advantages of using email include first, cheap - sending an email costs the same regardless of distance and the number of people you send it to. Second, fast - an email should reach its recipient in minutes, or at the most within a few hours. Third, convenient - your message will be stored until the recipient is ready to read it, and you can easily send the same message to a large number of people. And then, permanent - you can keep a record of messages and replies, including details of when a message was received. Last, you can quickly and easily send electronic files such as text documents, photos and data sheets to several contacts simultaneously by attaching the file to an email. (Source: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/advantages-and-disadvantages-using-email-business)
      Secondly, despite the host of advantages, there are certain weaknesses of email that you should be aware of. First, spam - unsolicited email can overwhelm your email system unless you install a firewall and anti-spam software. Second, viruses - easily spread through email attachments. Third, sending emails by mistake - at a click of a button, an email can go to the wrong person accidentally, potentially leaking confidential data and sensitive business information. Last, data storage - electronic storing space can become a problem, particularly where emails with large attachments are widely distributed. (Source: https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/advantages-and-disadvantages-using-email-business)
      In conclusion, email can give us a lot of the ease and the advantages when we using it. However, email can also give us disadvantages for its user and maybe can give dangers for it users. Used well, email really is a superb communication and productivity tool.

Reflection

By knowing How to use correct e-mail and knowing what the things that should avoided or not over use it. Now, when sending an e-mail I consider writing an introduction first before sending a file. I do it to keep my etiquette on online communication.


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