Both mail and E-mail were designed with the same basic function. They are used to distribute information or data from one person to another. Although E-mail came later then real mail, it adopted the same terminology to represent the functions that are similar to the real mail ones. However, even with the same intent of function they differ in process.
Email can be sent to hundreds of people all at once from the comfort of your home and the recipient gets it immediately. With real mail it takes a separate letter per recipient and the sorting and sending can take days. Real mail is becoming more and more obsolete in today's culture, but it is still used because email has no liability if lost, while real mail is almost guaranteed to reach its destination or the postal service takes full responsibility.
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