One of the most important uses of the Internet is that it allows electronic messages to be sent between computers that are connected to it. These messages have come to be known as Electronic Mail, or "email".
 Sending Email
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Finding Addresses
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Receiving Email
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Mailto Links
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Attachments
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Going Further
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The most fundamental use of the Internet is to exchange text messages by electronic means. This can be in terms of individual messages, which we call email, or email messages distributed systematically to larger audiences in Newsgroups or Mail Lists.