Back to the Home Page E-mail Electronic mail, or e-mail, is the most frequently used service on the Internet for many reasons: You can send a message any time, any where and the recipient can read it at his or her convenience. You can send the same message to several people at the same time. You can forward information to someone without retyping it. You can save time. E-mail is fast, usually taking no more than a few minutes to be received. You can e-mail electronic documents and the recipients can then edit and return revised versions. You can send messages around the world as easily as to a neighbor next door.