Free Email Accounts

Finding and Choosing the One That's Right for You

By Alice Langholt, published Mar 25, 2006
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There are many free email accounts available on the internet. Internet email is handy because it can be accessed from any internet-connected computer. There aren’t many differences between the free email accounts, and they are all easy to set up.

One free email account service is called hotmail. Hotmail can be found at www.hotmail.com. It’s owned by the Microsoft Network. Hotmail gives you lots of storage and good spam protection. Hotmail allows the user to create and name folders in order to sort one’s email to keep it organized. The folders can be downloaded to the user’s computer, or stored there if the user wishes.

Another free email account service is called Gmail. Gmail is owned by Google, and is currently in beta testing. However, if you want to try it, a current user can email you an invitation, and you can get an account easily. Gmail is nice because it organizes your email by conversation, meaning that original messages and replies are organized together, making it easy to find and track your back and forth emails. More information can be found at www.gmail.com.

Yahoo also has free email accounts. They are located at www.yahoo.com. Yahoo is teamed up with SBC phone company to offer people high-speed dsl access from home. Yahoo is a good source for information, groups, and email. Yahoo also owns geocities, which is a free web page host. If you’re looking for a reputable free email account with lots of available services besides, you may want to check out Yahoo.

Free email accounts are great to have, because they allow the user to read, send and store messages on the internet. The messages are accessible all over the world, wherever a computer with internet access is found. You can also keep lists of email contacts on free email accounts.

Takeaways
  • Internet email can be accessed from any internet capable computer.
  • Free email accounts are easy to set up.
  • Different email servers organize email in different ways.
Did You Know?
Free email accounts are a good place to keep personal email separate from work email.
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