E-mail is just like mail but faster and you send it over the computer.To send E-mail, you must have an e-mail address and who ever you are sending it to must have one too. To get a free E-mail address, read this webpage and find out how! Here is a list of free e-mail providers. You should ask your parents if you can get an e-mail address first. If they say yes, read this webpage and then click on one of the names in blue. Here they are:
To sign up is one of the easiest parts! All you have to do is click on one of the names in blue and then follow the instructions. You have to pick a name and password for your E-mail. If you pick a common name like John, chances are you can not use it because someone might already have it. Then you have to pick a different name. The same goes with your password.
At the end of the name you picked it will have an @ sign and the name of the company you are using. So this will be your full address: Your_name@ company_name.com. That is the name you use to send, receive and check mail.
When you know all of this and you filled all of the information they want, you need to know how to check your mail. You go to the company's address (which you can click on from here and then just look at the address from there), type in your e-mail name you picked out and your password you picked out. Don't forget them! Then you click continue and you can read all of your old and new mail. If you want to delete or save it, follow the instructions on the page.
Now here is one of the best parts, you can check your mail from any computer in the world!. Another thing is the web server you use might already have an address, but if you want your own address, you can get your own right here! Another good thing is everyone in the family can have an address. Even the family pet!
And remember: NEVER TELL ANYONE YOUR E-MAIL PASSWORD!!
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are the same thing as regular mailing lists. If you want to sign up, or want to know more about them over the computer, continue reading. To be on a mailing list, you must sign up first. To sign up, go to a search engine and look up "Mailing+lists". You can pick any kind of subject you want to know more about or read about.
To sign up for one, you must have an E-mail address, then pick the one you want out, go to the website, click sign up, give your E-mail address and then click submit! You are done. When you do you probably recieve a message about once a week, it depends on what they say.
Something to remember: The mail you recieve from them is not sent personally to you, it is sent to all the people who subscribed to it.
