-You can read it when you get the chance.
-You can see what the email is about.
-With email you can easily get in contact with someone very far away in approximately a week.
Traditional Mail
-You usually read it when you receive it as proper mail etiquette.
-You would have to open it to know what it was about.
-It takes much longer to get in contact with someone far away using postage.
-They are both forms of mail with which you can receive things you don't/do want.
-They both are written out in the same format.(date,body,intro.,etc.)
Email Mail Venn Diagram
(author: Lauren Young)