Email

Electronic mail, popularly known as ‘email’, is the communication [যোগাযোগ] of textual messages via electronic means. Email is delivered [প্রদান করা] to individual electronic mail boxes based in computers. In order to operate an email system, we need a personal computer, a modem and a telephone connection. An important advantage of email is its ability to reduce [হ্রাস] the consumption [খরচ] of paper in the office. Internal memos and reports can be exchanged [বিনিময়] electronically without using paper. Being a computer-based messaging system, files prepared on computers can be instantly [সাথে সাথেই] copied and easily exchanged as email. Email turns out to be a cheaper alternative [বিকল্প] to telephone conversation and eliminates [দূর করা] the time spent in establishing phone calls. E-mail permits communication between two parties without the parties actually being present simultaneously [একই সাথে]. Privacy is ensured [নিশ্চিত] as the mail is delivered to an individual’s mail box which can be accessed or opened only by the intended [অভিপ্রেত] recipient [প্রাপক]. Email has brought about a revolution in modern communication. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. Email transmission is very speedy. It is four times faster than FAX and ten times faster than telex. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent on this speedy mode of communication. It has, however, not reached everyone, especially in developing countries like ours, as most people cannot afford [সামর্থ্য] to have a personal computer. But even here people have started using commercially operated email facilities for important purposes.