Content

• Steps
• Advice
• Warning
• What you need

Have you ever wondered how to create your own email account? Around the world, thousands of emails are sent every day, and countless applications on the internet cannot be used without an email address. With this tutorial, you will be able to complete the simple steps to create an email account quickly.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Create An Email Account

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   Visit a website that offers an email service. Some typical sites such as yahoo.com, google.com, hotmail.com all provide unlimited free services.

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   Find a place where you can apply. Although you will have to navigate to the login page to search, more often than not, there will be a small image or text on the site linking to the "register" or "sign up" section. (registration).
   • Type in "free email account" and the website of your choice into an online search engine. Click on the appropriate link, and usually this will take you to the email account setup page you want.

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   Follow all instructions on the website, fill in the required information. In some cases, there may be some information that would make you uncomfortable with it. Don't worry, most email accounts don't need information like phone numbers or specific addresses, so you can completely ignore them.

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   Read the service agreement and click on the box showing the content you agree to comply with the regulations of the email system. When finished, click the Submit button or the Enter key at the bottom of the screen.

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   Congratulations! You have successfully created an email account. Now, go ahead and add your contacts, text your friends, or write emails or more. advertisement

Method 2 of 3: Collect Contact

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   Notify your new friends and family emails, collect their information and add them to contacts. Note that nowadays, many email accounts update your contacts automatically when you send mail to or receive mail from an individual or organization.
   • To display contacts, find the contacts tab or more simply, type the first or last name of the person you want to find the email from, or you can also type the first part of the email address. The email address and contact information of the person you want to find will automatically appear for you.
     • Usually, to email someone, you don't need to "save" them as a contact.

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   Import contact list when changing email address. Scroll to the Contacts tab and look for the import button; Then follow the instructions. Usually, this is quite as easy as dragging and dropping a .csv file into your browser window. advertisement

Method 3 of 3: Send Email

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   After logging into your email account, look for the button “Compose”. Usually this button will be different color and not too hard to find.

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   Type the email address of the person you want to email. If you don't remember but you emailed them before, when you start typing the name of the sender, your account will likely recognize this saved email address.
   • If you want to send an email copy to someone, use "CC", which stands for "carbon copy" (copy).
   • If you want to send an email copy to a person and don't want the primary recipient to know about this, use "BCC", short for "blind carbon copy".

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   Don't forget the subject of the email. Subject represents the content or question that the email discusses.

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   Enter your message, or email body. This section shows the content that you want to discuss or explain to others.

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   After checking the error again, click “Send”. Check that the contact email address is correct and that the message you sent has no typos or formatting errors. Email it. advertisement

Advice

• Email you with your new email address so people can contact you via email.
• Make sure you have the correct email addresses for your friends and family so you can email them.
• If you want notifications, Google Alerts is a great program for you. You need to subscribe to receive free notifications and news on any topic you want.
• A bunch of emails will quickly fill up your inbox.

Warning

• Create email easy to remember.
• Don't constantly check for new emails. This will only make you even more discouraged.
• Don't be disappointed if your inbox is still empty. Receiving the email takes time.
• Don't take emails too seriously. Everyone has a life of their own and sometimes cannot reply to every small email.
• Don't procrastinate with email because when rechecking, your inbox may have become too full!
• Don't email people you don't know.
• Don't waste your email account just checking it every 2-4 months or so because lots of email service providers will block your account if it's not in use for a certain period of time. To make sure your email account is active, check your email at least once a month.

What you need

• A computer.
• Internet access.
• An email service provider (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, Aim, AOL, etc.)