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Electronic Mail Features
More advanced features of e-mail systems include
| address book | store of e-mail addresses & short handles for them |
| aliases | e-mail address pseudonym for recipient of e-mail |
| attachments | sending enclosures attached to e-mail messages |
| e-mail filtering | programmed processing of e-mail |
| e-mail lists | redirecting e-mail sent to list of recipients |
| prioritised e-mail | letting important messages skip processing queues |
| multimedia e-mail | handling multimedia - images, voice, applications |
| secure e-mail | supporting message encryption and proof of authorship |
E-mail systems distinguish between envelope and message.
E-mail envelopes
Transport information includes
E-mail messages generally consist of
| headers | control information for user agents |
| body | contents for human recipient |
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