Electronic Mail

Forrester Research --
In 1992 2% of US population used e-mail
Jan 1997 up to 15%
By 2002 will be 50%

Most popular Internet activity

People have mailboxes -- data files into which Internet software can write incoming electronic mail (e-mail) -- even if that person is not "logged on"

E-mail usually delivered in seconds

Route of e-mail messages may vary -- depending on paths available

If critical nodes are unavailable, e-mail may be delayed

Full e-mail address consists of

user-id@IP-Host-Name

fkjohnson@zeus.personnel.lilly.com