How does e-mail work?

How does e-mail work?

Ethan Feerst and Dylan Stewart (Technology Therapist, Mac Guru) gives expert video advice on: Can I have more than one e-mail address?; Can I talk on the telephone over the Internet? and more...

It's kind of like the post office except you don't need a stamp. You address your message with a valid internet address, with a valid e-mail address, and when that e-mail is sent, it's first processed by a server, that then sits there and sorts it into the proper domain that it's going to and finds the proper recipient. It eventually deposits the email into that recipient's e-mail box. All of this is done magically and electronically behind the scenes.