Using E-Mail
Where to Find Free E-Mail Accounts
- Don't have an Internet Service Provider?
- Do you travel or move frequently?
- Do you use more than one computer to access your mail?
Then try one of the sites below and set up a free web-based e-mail account. A
web-based e-mail account will allow you to access your e-mail from any
Internet-accessible computer including those at Rodman Public
Library.
Free Web-Based E-Mail Sites
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| Mail.com
http://www.mail.com |
- Web-based access or use a mail program (subscription for mail
program)
- Anti-spam policy
- Choose a specialized address from one of 100 special domain
names available, such as mail.com, engineer.com, or doctor.com
- Added services are available by subscribing to Mail.com premium
services (fee)
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| Hotmail
http://www.hotmail.com/
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- Owned by Microsoft Network
- Available in several different languages
- Address book
- Send and receive file attachments
- File attachments are scanned for viruses (with a free Hotmail
account, e-mail attachments are scanned for viruses, but not cleaned)
- Cannot use this as your primary business address
- Good anti-spam policy: abuse results in deletion of account, can
report abuse to company
- Advanced spam controls
- Expect nag messages suggesting the user upgrade to the premium
service
- Some
email security- browser must support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and
the option must be enabled to sign in
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| Lycos Mail
http://mail.lycos.com
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- From Lycos
- 5 MB of storage space offered (can be expanded for a yearly fee)
- Advanced Spam controls
- Added services: web page services, instant messaging, pop access
(fee)
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| Excite Mail
http://rd.excite.com/sp/em
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- From Excite
- Spam filters
- Storage space limit of either 3MB or 1,000 messages
- Send and receive file attachments
- Some email security- can connect via SSL
- Browser cookies must be enabled
- Email notifier
- Added services are available by subscribing to Excite.com premium
services (fee)
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| Yahoo! Mail
http://mail.yahoo.com/
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- From Yahoo!
- One registration allows access to all Yahoo! services
- 250MB FREE Storage
- File attachments are scanned for viruses
- Uses Spamguard™
- Yahoo! Messenger instantly notifies you of new mail
- Added services are available by subscribing to Yahoo.com premium
services (fee)
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Other Sites of Interest
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| Free Email Address Directory
http://www.emailaddresses.com/ |
- Extensive list of free e-mail sources including web-based, POP, and
mail providers in foreign languages
- E-mail guides on choosing a provider, netiquette, how to prevent
junk mail, and many other pertinent topics
- Lists of services
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| Juno
http://www.juno.com/
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- Free
Internet & e-mail for 10 hours each month
- Download the Juno
software to access
- Premium services are available
- Extensive advertisements on the site fund the service
- Minimum requirements: Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT4, Windows XP, and
Mac OS X, 28.8k modem or higher, SVGA monitor at 800x600, 90 MHz
Pentium processor with 32 MB of RAM, at least 12 MB of free disk space
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| Mail2Web http://www.mail2web.com/ |
- Offers secure access to POP3 mail accounts regardless of whether the
account is behind a firewall or not
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