What are the advantages and disadvantages of an e-mail-01648

Advantages

1. Email is a faster and more efficient channelthan regular mail (sometimes referred to as snail mail). Most messages reach anywhere in the world within minutes of being sent.
2. It saves paper
3. It can be send at any convenient time
4. A message can be written and edited quickly by several people before it is sent
5. It can be send to different receivers at the same time
6. Email can be stored and sent at off-peak telephone rates

Disadvantages

1. It ca be difficult to distinguish between casual and formal messages because of their similar layout
2. There may be a time lag if the receiver does not read their email for a few days.
3. The system is inaccessible to those who are computer illiterate or not online.
4. Its contents may reappear later in a variety of printed forms.
5. It lack nonverbal communication cues to add meaning
6. It can be overused