How to Check Email From Any Computer

If you're at a friend's house or out of town and need to check your email for your job or business it can really be a hassle. You have to either go home or to the office. Maybe you even call someone and have them check it for you. There's no need to do that any more. Just follow these steps to check your email from any computer.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Log on to a web-based Internet service such as hotmail.com, excite.com, yahoo.com or gmail.com. Set up an email account. These email accounts are free and will allow you to check your email from any computer.

2. Choose a user name and password for your account. Make sure to choose ones that are easy to remember.

3. Use any computer and log on to the Internet service provider and go to the home page of the email service that you selected. Enter your user name and password then check your email.

4. Set up a POP account through the web-based email service if you use Microsoft Outlook or have your email set up through your company. For example, if you're using Yahoo for your web based email service then you would go to "Options" and select "Mail Plus." You can then sign up for this program for a small monthly fee.

5. Sign on to your web-based email service and choose "Retrieve POP mail" in your inbox. This will pull all the mail from your Outlook or business account and drop it in to your inbox.