How to Get a Free E-mail Account

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Free e-mail is typically Web-based. It usually doesn't have as many features as Internet service provider (ISP) or work-based e-mail, since you have to use a Web interface most of the time, but you can access it anywhere.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Decide what type of e-mail service would be best for you. Consider factors such as the volume of outgoing and incoming mail, message storing, the ability to send and receive attachments, frequency of use and security.
Step2
Do a search for 'free e-mail' or 'Web mail' using a Web search engine.
Step3
Visit various sites that offer free e-mail. Review their respective plans, features and terms of service. Once you've found a free service that suits your e-mail needs, follow the site's instructions on how to set up your account.

Tips & Warnings

  • If you travel a lot or often use other people's computers, a Web-based e-mail service will probably be best for you.
  • Some free e-mail services operate by inundating you with advertising e-mail messages from their sponsors; others make you view ads on the screen.

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on 8/16/2006 Now you can get GMail for free with your mobile phone. GMail has a lot of great features, and you can set it up with Outlook (Windows) or Mail (Mac OS X). Very easy to set up.

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on 3/17/2006 Fastmail lets you know what time the e-mail arrived, plus more importantly, now lets you know if someone has attempted to open your mailbox while you were gone.

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on 3/16/2006 The Gmail service is getting better and better by each passing day. Here are the following services that they have to offer (For Free)
1. More than 2.5 GB of mailbox space (and still increasing)
2. Have one Gmail account and use many other accounts (from any other domain) from within that account to send mails using those accounts. (You don't even have to login to those accounts)
3. Introduced Chat from within E-mail.

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on 11/22/2005 By not giving out your e-mail address all over the Internet, you can save yourself a lot of spam. If you do need to give out an address, consider using an address from places such as http://www.dodgeit.com or http://www.mailinator.com who offer free throw-away addresses.

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on 11/22/2005 Yahoo! is by far the best: it loads fast (even on dial-up) and includes filters, and access to other Yahoo! places, such as Geocities. Hotmail is really, really, bad! Everything that reaches your in-box without the sender's e-mail in your address book will be marked as junk. goowy.com is nice. It's probably unheard of yet, for now. It uses a Flash interface which takes e-mail to the next level. Of course, if you use dial-up, it'll be a long, long wait.

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