E-mail Tasks (Part 1)

Definition of Email:
Email is a system that allows the sending and receiving messages electronically the internet. E-mail does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received; it can be read at a later time. With Email, the user can send the message to more than one person if they desire.

The features of 2 Email Services (Part 1):
1. Gmail

• Priority Inbox finds "important" or useful messages and arranges the inbox so that the most important messages appear first in line. This reduces the need to scroll through unwanted junk mail to find messages that are important to the user. The benefit of this is that it may help emails that require a deadline for a reply, arranging it before e-mail newsletters and promotional offers.

The Gmail layout, the emails with a star are important
and have been marked by the user to identify which
emails need to be replied. The priority inbox is in the left
hand menu and "important messages" are listed above.

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  If a message is important and you wish to reply it later, you can give it a "star", this means that you can easily identify which messages to reply the next time you log on.
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  Gmail also has a filter system so that you can set which contacts are more important. The system works by using history of which e-mails you open and reply regularly. Therefore the people that are most important to the user are prioritised. This makes the system more user-friendly, protecting  them from potential malware disguised spam as well as stopping the user from wasting there time trawling through unwanted messages.
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  If the system doesn't work, the user can manually choose that is important so that the system can learn and develop knowing which e-mails are important.
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  Unfortunately, for the system to work, the user must have an account for a lengthy period of time so that the gmail sytem can learn which e-mails are opened, deleted and replied.
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  Gmail also has the "buzz" feature which is Google's own social networking site which opens up on Gmail. Users can share photos with friends, family and the world. They can also connect it to twitter if they desire. The concept is very clever and it is useful for friends and family (epecially if they live far away). However buzz is controversially "too public" and it publicly posts where (up to street name detail) the post was created, this is obviously personal information that theives can use.

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