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Email can be an easy and cost-efficient way to communicate with friends and family from around the world.
Email is a method of communication that is almost like regular mail, only much faster. You have
an address, and you can send messages to others who have an address. To use web-based email you
must open an Internet Browser such as Netscape Navigator, Mozilla Firefox, or Internet Explorer.
To read and send email, you simply have to visit the website of the company that is providing your email. You then logon to your
account using a login name and a password that only you know. From there,
you will enter your account and be able to read any messages waiting for you, as
well as send messages of your own.
This tutorial will focus one of the more popular
web-based email providers,
Hotmail.
However, most
of the principles for other providers are the same and so are easily transferable. Hotmail is a free
service, and generates revenue by displaying advertisements for other companies on the top of
their pages. This is a common practice on the Internet.
Once you have registered for an email address, you will be ready to start sending messages all
the world. Find out if your friends have email addresses, and if they don't, then
recommend that they get one. If
you have friends or relatives who live far away, for example, e-mail can save a
lot of money as it is completely free, and has no long-distance charge.
If you don't wish to use Hotmail, or if you would like to see what other email
services are available, the following page provides a
list
of other free web-based email providers for you to choose from.
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