What is the differences between email and traditional mail

E-mail can be seen as ordinary mail in an electronic format. Unlike traditional mail, it does not come in with a physical envelope or package. Instead, the message just arrives with a reminder display or sound. Email senders do not need to go to the post office to mail the document and no postman is needed to do the delivery either. The transmission is all done on-line via a computer or a smartphone. So, both the sender and receiver can exchange a message anywhere anytime at their own convenience, as long as there is a computer network available.

As compared to traditional mail, a fixed geographical address is unnecessary for receiving an email. So, a receiver will not miss his messages even he is on-the-go. Moreover, the delivery of an email is almost instant in contrast to days or even weeks that a postal mail usually takes. This enables real-time communication.

In addition,the cost of sending an email is almost negligible, even though the message is loaded
with attached files. This differs greatly from the traditional postal cost that is rated
according to the size and weight of the document.

There are two more vital differences between an email and a postal mail. First,traditional mail is usually confined to written text. However, the genre is almost unlimited in an email. A sender can easily send voice messages, pictures, graphics and video clips via email. Second, the number of receivers of a traditional mail is usually limited by the address. If the sender wishes to send the same message to a large group living in different areas, he has to rewrite or copy the text multiple times. Yet, there is another story in sending an email. A sender can send the same message simultaneously to a multitude of email addresses and he can also send it to a social media platform for a large crowd of viewers.