Regular mail and e-mail

Regular Mail and E-mail

Our age is that of technological explosion . We are rapidly moving towards a state where everything is miniaturized and sped up to complete work at the fastest possible apeed . In this blast of technology we have discarded a certain kind of way of life and living that contained the poetry and humaneness of existence . The case of the electronic mail is a pertinent one as it seems to threaten the tradition of writing snail mails , due to , among other reasons , its advantages of being faster and more economical

. However , traditionalists swear by the virtues of regular mail and perceive e-mail as a corrupting influence of the technologized era . In the light of this clash it would be interesting to look at a comparative analysis of regular mail versus email

Being an Internet based medium of communication , emails are prone to hacking , breach of privacy and often causing security threats in case of confidential data being exchanged over email . Further , Spam Mail , that often clogs one 's email Inbox causes annoyance at best and computer viruses at worst

On the other hand , snail-mail is free from the dangers of breach of privacy as mails are delivered to the recipients only . Unwanted letters can , at the maximum , make your mailbox stuffy , never threaten a loss of your important documents . Thus , regular mail is a safer means of communication

An aspect where e-mail scores over regular mail is cost and convenience To send an email does not cost a...