Electronic Mail
With e-mail you can send a message to any person with a computer account anywhere in the world. Messages can travel around the globe in seconds.
You can join any of thousands of topic-oriented discussion groups known as “listserv discussion groups”.
To use e-mail you need an electronic mailbox where your mail can be sent. The University Mailbox Service (UMBS) computer provides free mail service for the University (yourname@mail.utexas.edu).
You also need a mail-client program on some other internet-ready computer, typically a Mac or PC. Eudora is a popular electronic mail program.
You can attach files to an e-mail message.