It's the fastest way to communicate with one or more people at the same time. Email allows you to send and receive messages from many people. You can also easily save these messages and track when someone receives and reads an email (Hedrick). In my field, an email can be used as a formal or informal document. The formality depends on the recipient of the email. When composing an email it is very important to keep the recipient in mind. As an administrative assistant, email is often used to communicate with those inside a company and those outside the company. Emails that stay within the company are often less formal, these are normally people you communicate with regularly and you can be slightly more relaxed. However, for emails outside the company, it is important to be very professional and formal. The email must demonstrate that the company is