How to Make an E-mail Address
E-mail is a fast, easy, and cheap way to keep in touch with the important people in your life, but you need an address to send and receive mail.
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You Will Need
- Internet access
Steps
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Step 1
Go to site
Go to the provider you want your e-mail account to be with, such as MSN or Yahoo or Gmail. Find the "Sign Up" link and click on it.
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Step 2
Fill in personal info
Fill in any personal information that the site requires.
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Step 3
Choose your ID
Choose your user ID. This is the name or tag that comes before the "at" symbol in your e-mail address and can be your name, nickname, or anything you make up as long as it uses only the permitted characters.
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Step 4
Click check
Click the Check button to see if the user ID you want has already been taken by someone else.
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If the user ID you really want is already taken, try adding a number after it, like your birth year, age, or some other significant figure.
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Step 5
Create a password
Create a password for your e-mail account. Make it something easy for you to remember, but difficult for someone else to guess.
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Step 6
Finish registration
Finish your registration. Sometimes this includes creating or answering a security question, accepting the e-mail provider's service agreement, or proving you are actually human by entering a special set of characters.
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Step 7
E-mail your friends
Now that you have an e-mail address, get busy using the internet to send messages to all your loved ones and friends.
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Electronic mail was developed at MIT in the 1960s, years before the internet was created.
