It can, but it generally doesn't. Compared to whatsapp, for this use case, it's a crap user experience. I am not going to convince my elderly mother to use a n

It can, but it generally doesn't. Compared to whatsapp, for this use case, it's a crap user experience. I am not going to convince my elderly mother to use a new email client. She literally does not even know what an email client is.