Internet 101: E-mail
Electronic Mail
- passive means of communication from the reader's standpoint
- no more secure that a post card
- two basic forms:
- ad-hoc: one-to-one or one-to-many
- reflector lists and listservs: one-to-many; some additional features like archiving (e.g. IMMNET-L)
- strengths: easy, flexible, can support non-text transfers if done right
- weaknesses: insecure without heroics, hard to control junk mail
- good for collaboration, weak for publication
For more information contact Noam Arzt, arzt@isc.upenn.edu
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