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When you get Internet Service installed, you get
(i.e. Comcast, Verizon or Charter)
How to Use it...
There are all kinds of protections to be sure that your eMails are kept private only to you.The first is your address (or User Name). By having numbers, it is unique (to that Provider) so no one else can use it.
Second is your password. This should be more complicated to prevent someone from guessing it, but you will use it often, so it should be something you can remember. IT will also have both numbers and letters. A word or phrase is NOT good.
You must write this down somewhere that you can find it, until you get used to it.
You can use other email Services as well as your basic one (@comcast.com or @charter.com). MSN.com, or Yahoo.com, or Google, each of these has their own eMail program.
You can use them with or without using their Home Page. (Read more about Home Pages. It's just easier to go right to your email, if it's on your Home Page in the browser you use.
Step by Step:
(This may vary)
- Open your browser: Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome
- Your Home page will be the page which automatically opens first. IF someone has changed it, it will not be the one from your provider (Comcast, Verizon or Charter)
- In that case, you will have to type into the address box, the one you want to use. (Comcast.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com), then save it as your Home Page.
- Click on the icon, or picture of a letter, marked Email
- You should be at a page where you can Register, or Join. Fill in your user name (which will be your email address).
- Put in your password.
- Now, you have to interact with whatever the screen tell you. It may want a secret question to be answered, or it may tell you a problem.
- Look for a box to check that says "Remember Me". Then you won't have to put in your password every time.
- Then click Sign In.
You might see a short, Digest version of email in your Inbox. Click on a place that says "Full INbox" or something similar.
Now you should be able to see each email, with buttons at the top to Delete, Print or Move.
There should be a button to mark an email as Junk, so that mail from that sender will not go to your Inbox.
Find where it says Address Book, or Contacts. You can put the addresses of your friends there. To get started, it's a better idea for you to call your friends, tell them your new address and ask them to email you, so you will have the correct spelling of theirs.
Now, you'll need new business cards with your new address, but wait a while to see if you like this particular one. You always have a choice.
Netiquette
Email is a FAST, FAST way to communicate with family and friends... but please use your online manners, known as Netiquette.
When Forwarding Email
RULE #1:
EVERY TIME, Delete all the addresses in the header (all those people that your friend sent it to). You need to do this after you press the "Forward" button, highlight all the addresses, Delete, then add your "2 cents worth" at the top.. and send it on it's way.
RULE #2: Forward messages only to those who are specifically concerned with the subject, and if someone has asked you to remove them from your forwarded emails, please DO SO!
Address Books
Backing up your Address book is vital.
You never know when your computer will crash, or the file could get corrupted (unreadable).
You may decide to go to a different Webmail provider.. and want to be sure to take your addresses with you.!
The better webmail providers will have a way to "export" the address book file. Put it in a spot you can find on your computer, and print out a hard copy every so often.
PROBLEMS:
When NOT to use it:
Don't use it when you need an answer in a short time!
It is
read at the convenience of the reader.. not like a phone call or cell text message.
LEARN MORE:
Windows has their own email, called "Live", which you will see pop up on a website. Office Outlook is used in offices, as is many other systems. I still like Gmail best of all, so far.
Sources: They all have free email accounts for you..Would you like to leave a comment or question?
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