E-mail works in a very similar way to web sites. In fact to send an e-mail no more hardware is required than what it takes to view a web page.

Let's take apart a simple e-mail address: name@example.com, and work backwards!

When you send an e-mail to name@example.com, the first steps involved are identical to how a web site works. Your computer goes through the same steps to find example.com as it would say, google.ie

Valerie sent a message using the contact form at 
http://www.elfknowsit.com/ask.

I got a question today from John in Galway, He asked about spam e-mail in his Eircom Webmail account.

I have been using the same e-mail address for about a year, and never had a problem with spam or junk e-mail, but lately I have been getting swamped with it, I'm using Eircom web-mail as my e-mail service, Why did the spam only start now? And how can I stop it?
John K

What e-mail provider do you use?
I have switched e-mail providers too many times, Starting back in 96 with the ISP hosted address I was given, then moving to Hotmail, back to another ISP one, back to Hotmail, on to Yahoo, yet again back to Hotmail, But finally I found my niche about 4 years ago with the BETA release of Gmail, and have been with that since, Gmail even host my e-mail server for this site!, info@elfknowsit.com

So what e-mail provider do you use? Gmail come out on top?