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Mail vs. Email

To start off, there are some obvious differences. Like mail is a physical thing that can be touched and has to be moved throughout the actual world. Email is a message that is virtual and can move through various servers to reach its destination. Mail and Email both require you to identify who will be receiving it and where. To do this, they use a different kind of addresses. Mail uses physical addresses that contain a postal address. Email uses a virtual address that is assigned to an individual or entity. Another thing, mail needs to be sent in a physical casing. You can’t just send the information without protection from other viewers and environmental things. With email, you can just send the information. Granted, the information is encrypted but that is completed through whatever email service is being used. Lastly, email and mail are very different forms of spreading information.

Email and traditional mail are similar because they both are methods of delivering information. Email and mail require the sender to know who they are sending it to and where. They require you to label an address. Also, email and mail both use different methods of sending information. Email and mail use many different routes to deliver information. Email splits information into packets and delivers it as efficient as possible. Mail deliverers will use different physical routes to get the mail out quickly.  Additionally, email and mail both have a protocol for when the message is not addressed correctly. Both methods have their own way of letting a user know they made an error. An email will produce an error message. The mail you sent out will be returned to where you sent it from. Finally, mail and email both have similar protocols to distribute information.

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