Just like the phone system, something has to translate this name into a number. Luckily on the Internet this is done automatically. Every user on a computer on the Internet generally has an email address. This is a name that is unique to that specific person. You can have multiple email addresses.
Electronic mail allows two or more people on the Internet to send and receive information.
This information is private, and can only be read by the person you send it to. In many ways, it is like the United States Postal Service. You can send letters you write on your computer to other people on other computers. The power of email goes beyond sending simple letters. Four NIA board members, five NIA committee members, eight insulator club contacts, and one insulator magazine editor are online.