Internet e-Mail Servers (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
Besides the World Wide Web, the other major factor in the growth of the Internet has been electronic mail. e-mail allows users to send messages instantly to worldwide recipients without cost or delay. This has had a huge impact on business; almost every business worker has an e-mail address.
As computer networks grew in the early '90s, corporate e-mail became very common within companies. No longer did you have to print out memorandums and place them in the required physical mailboxes or pigeonholes. You could type a short memo and send it directly from your e-mail client to the intended recipients. The use of e-mail distribution lists allowed users to send one e-mail to multiple recipients, further improving ...
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