Kretov Nikolay Nikolaevich: Endless expanses of the Internet. Email.

Let's admit - "internetization" of our country is "by leaps and bounds". Now even schoolchildren are freely oriented in the virtual space, and this is not surprising, because the new generation has grown up in the age of information technology.

Unique invention.

Netizens do not get tired of praising its information resources, but they began to forget about such a simple but very important thing as e-mail. However, its appearance in people's lives has brought new standards of communication: when a letter is delivered in a matter of minutes, communication between people is possible at any distance. It is not uncommon for an email to replace a phone call or a fax, but: a fax can get lost, and a phone call is easy to forget. The letter will remain in the computer.

Today, e-mails can be considered an official document, on the basis of which the embassies of some countries even issue visas... Those who have long and successfully settled into the virtual world, but suffer from a lack of time to visit all their favorite resources, can also count on e-mail. Almost all sites have special subscriptions to their news, which can be sent to the subscriber's e-mail. And this is very convenient, because a subscription to the news makes it possible to learn about new publications or promotions of any server in time, while not losing precious time to access the site itself. If you are interested in information - you will come in, if not - you will save time. And smileys! Their use seems to enliven the email, showing the mood and attitude towards what was written. The most common emoticons (faces, from the English Smile - smile) - these are the very smiles ℘. If the letter expresses dissatisfaction or sadness, then appropriate icons are used so that the addressee does not understand what is written incorrectly - Λ or κ. Surprise is expressed with a :-0 emoticon, etc. Address "on the side".

Statistics have shown that most employees of large firms conduct personal correspondence from their office computer. There is nothing wrong with this (unless, of course, it harms the work), but storing it on a corporate server is at least indecent. In addition, when surfing the Internet and subscribing to various mailing lists, it is not at all necessary to show everyone your place of work, but this, nevertheless, will reflect your official email address. In general, it is useful to have an independent postal address, especially for travel enthusiasts. In any city in the world, at any computer connected to the network, you can check your mail. There is another situation: there is Internet at home, you buy the services of any of the Internet providers, which you think are the most convenient and attractive. Of course, this provider will open your mailbox for you, but the situation in the market often changes and you may decide to use the services of another provider. This will invariably change the email address. In general, it’s okay, but there can always be friends or acquaintances to whom you forget to tell a new address, there will certainly be those who manage to lose a new one, but an independent one will always remain with you.

And finally, about the safety rules. They are not difficult at all: you need to be wary of nested files. As you know, you can attach a file to an e-mail, which may contain any program, or may contain a virus. That is why suspicious emails from unknown senders with attachments are best deleted immediately. It is better to change the mail password more often, making it as complex as possible: consisting not only of letters, but also of numbers. Recently, e-mail hacks have become especially frequent, attackers send spam from someone else's address and, even more dangerous, introduce a virus into a program that can go with personal correspondence to any friend. And so ... E-mails are much less formal than paper ones. So, write, gentlemen, write...