This document discusses various email providers including Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, and their key features. It provides instructions on how to set up a free email account with each provider. Gmail offers 7GB of free storage, and is accessible from any internet-connected computer. Yahoo Mail and Hotmail also allow users to easily create free email accounts online and have advantages like multiple addresses and large file attachments. The document emphasizes researching different options to choose a provider that best suits each person's individual needs and preferences.

2.  This application was developed for a intranet
project, and would be usefull for any small to
medium sized organisation who use a Windows
NT Server, or even just a Networked Windows
95 solution running the personal web
server, and who want an e-mail system, but
don't want the associated costs.

3.  This system could also be used for a
community based website, as to allow
members only to send email to other
members.

4.  Alice enters email and sends through the Internet to an SMTP server
 The SMTP Server sends the email to the POP3 server associated with Bob's
address
 Bob retrieves the mail from his POP3 Post Office Protocol server.

5.  Speed
 Reach and Penetration
 Ease and Efficiency
 Low Cost
 Targeted

6.  Email (or e-mail) is electronic mail that
"works" quite like conventional
correspondence.
 There is a sender and a recipient and the
contents are called the message of the
email.

7.  In addition to textual content, email
allows you to send photographs, video
or sound clips in digital form or files.

8.  When you create an email account, you
get an email address to which people
"write" to you.
 Each email address is unique which
means no two people in the world can have
the same email address.

9.  Just like your postal address, which is one
of its kind, your email address belongs
only to you - unless of course you share it
with people.

10.  Typically, you access your email account
with a username (also called a login
name) and a password.

11.  In order to keep your email
communication secure from others, you
have to make sure that your login details
and known only to you and the
password is complex enough to make it
difficult for people to guess it.

12.  Having a good strong convoluted
password is the first step in making your
account secure.
 The password to your email account is
akin to the key to the door of your postal
address (your house?).

13.  The easiest way to create your email
account and get your first email
address is to use a free online service.
The only thing you need is a web
browser.

14.  Gmail (run by Google),
 Windows Live Hotmail (owned by
Microsoft),
 AOL and
 Yahoo!Mail.

15.  Everyone, except those living under
rocks for the past decade, know about
Google and their free web based email
called Gmail. The service was launched
with great fanfare and was 100% free
from the start but one could only create
a Gmail account through special invites.

18.  To create your Gmail account you only
need a web browser.

20.  Once you click on the signup link, you
shall be shown the Create an
Account form with several fields that
need your inputs

22.  Choosing a login name is part art and
part common sense. And because it
determines what your email address will
be,

23.  Since, email addresses need to be
unique which means no two people in
the world can have the same address.

24.  Your login name needs to be catchy and
at the same time describe you so people
are able to recall it without much difficulty
and associate it with you. For instance, if
you are a docile accountant from a small
town, choosing "hells-angels" as the login
name would be unwise.

26.  Securing your Gmail email account with
a strong> password is imperative.

28.  Now that everything is set, you can go
through the Terms of Service and click on
the "I accept. Create my account."
button which will create your very own
free Gmail account! Hurrah and
congratulations.

29.  Capacity
Google’s Gmail online, storage clocks
in at seven gigabytes of space.
 Available Anywhere
available on literally any computer
that has an internet connection.

30.  Password Recovery
The only thing you need to enter into
your Gmail account and retrieve your
online files is a password.
 Internet-Based

31.  Online email account provider

32.  Yahoo is one of the Web's most reliable
and long-standing email providers. This
service is free and it's fast and easy to set
up your own email account at Yahoo.

35.  Then select "Create New Account".

37.  Remember that you can use numbers
and letters and even a single dot.

43.  Accessibility
 Access other email accounts
 Multiple yahoo addresses
 Choose your ‘from’ address
 Folders
 Attach Large Files
 Unlimited storage

44.  All your favorite apps
 Email tabs
 Yahoo Mail Plus

45.  Online email account provider

47.  The sign-up option is on the left of the
page next to "Don't have a Windows Live
ID?"

49.  This is where you'll decide what your
email address will be, as well as entering
personal and security information.

50.  You can use hotmail.com or live.com.

53.  At the bottom of the page, there are
two blue links to Microsoft's terms of
service and privacy policy documents.
You don't have to read these to set up
an account, but you do have to agree
to them. Click "I agree" at the bottom of
the page to complete the process.

55.  . Visit the Hotmail website again to log
into the email account you just created.

57.  Like most email services, the biggest
advantage of using Hotmail is having
instant communication access
 friends
 Family
 Business across the globe

58.  Own address book
 Lots of storage space
 Connect you account to your Microsoft
Outlook email

59.  Few and it is highly-rated service.

60. There are various email providers across
the web and each person has the
favorite. Before signing up to your
account, take the time to research
providers and decide which one suits
you best.

61. You have the choice to pick one you like.