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OCR: ORIENTATION 0-19 WORKING WITH E-MAIL What e-mail? E-mail is a form of communication that relies on com- puter networks, such as the Internet, to transmit messages from one com- puter to another Like regular mail, e-mail messages are sent to mailbox where they are kept until the recipient retrieves the message Messages FIGURE might arrive at their destination within seconds, or might not arrive for a few E-mail Addresses hours Once sent e-mail messages cannot be retrieved An e-mai address What do need to use e-mail? To send and receive e-mail, you need a user ID followed by consists an a of an Internet connection, an e-mail account and software that enables you to symbol and the name of compose read and delete e-mail messages An e-mail account consists computer that handles e-mail an e-mail ...