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Selection of an Email System and Creating an Email Account
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Selection of an Email System and Creating an Email Account
Email System
This application was developed for a intranet
project, and would be usefull for any small to
medium sized organisation who use a Windows
NT Server, or even just a Networked Windows 95
solution running the personal web server, and
who want an e-mail system, but don't want the
associated costs.
This system could also be used for a
community based website, as to allow
members only to send email to other
members.
Email System
Alice enters email and sends through the Internet to an SMTP server The SMTP Server sends the email to the POP3 server associated with
Bob's address Bob retrieves the mail from his POP3 Post Office Protocol server.
The benefits of an Email System include:
Speed
Reach and Penetration
Ease and Efficiency
Low Cost
Targeted
What is email?
Email (or e-mail) is electronic mail that "works" quite like conventional correspondence.
There is a sender and a recipient and the contents are called the message of the email.
In addition to textual content, email
allows you to send photographs, video
or sound clips in digital form or files.
What is an email address?
When you create an email account, you
get an email address to which people
"write" to you.
Each email address is unique which
means no two people in the world can
have the same email address.
Just like your postal address, which is
one of its kind, your email address
belongs only to you - unless of course
you share it with people.
Email and security
Typically, you access your email
account with a username (also called
a login name) and a password.
These are your login details
In order to keep your email
communication secure from others,
you have to make sure that your login
details and known only to you and the
password is complex enough to make it
difficult for people to guess it.
Having a good strong convoluted
password is the first step in making
your account secure.
The password to your email account is
akin to the key to the door of your
postal address (your house?).
So how to you create your first email account
The easiest way to create your
email account and get your first
email address is to use a free online
service. The only thing you need is a
web browser.
There are four major online email account providers
Gmail (run by Google),
Windows Live Hotmail (owned by
Microsoft),
AOL and
Yahoo!Mail.
Gmail
Everyone, except those living under
rocks for the past decade, know about
Google and their free web based email
called Gmail. The service was launched
with great fanfare and was 100% free
from the start but one could only create
a Gmail account through special invites.
• Online email account provider
How to create a Gmail account?
Step 1 -Open the Gmail web site
To create your Gmail account you only
need a web browser.
Step 2 - Enter all the required information in the "Create an Account" online form
Once you click on the signup link, you
shall be shown the Create an
Account form with several fields that
need your inputs
Step 3 - How to choose a login name or username for your email address
Choosing a login name is part art and
part common sense. And because it
determines what your email address
will be,
Since, email addresses need to be
unique which means no two people
in the world can have the same
address.
FYI,
Your login name needs to be catchy and
at the same time describe you so people
are able to recall it without much difficulty
and associate it with you. For instance, if
you are a docile accountant from a small
town, choosing "hells-angels" as the login
name would be unwise.
Step 4 - Choosing a password for your email
Securing your Gmail email account
with a strong> password is imperative.
Step 5 - Protecting your Gmail account with a security question
Step 6 - Word verification and confirmation
Now that everything is set, you can go
through the Terms of Service and click
on the "I accept. Create my account."
button which will create your very own
free Gmail account! Hurrah and
congratulations.
Advantages of Gmail
Capacity Google’s Gmail online, storage
clocks in at seven gigabytes of space.
Available Anywhere available on literally any computer
that has an internet connection.
Disadvantage of Gmail
Password Recovery The only thing you need to enter
into your Gmail account and retrieve your online files is a password.
Internet-Based
Yahoo!mail. Online email account provider
Yahoo is one of the Web's most reliable
and long-standing email providers. This
service is free and it's fast and easy to
set up your own email account at
Yahoo.
How to Set up a Yahoo! Mail Account?
1. Visit the Yahoo! Mail home page.
2. Click on the 'Sign Up' link that appears near the top right of the Yahoo home page .
Then select "Create New Account".
3.Enter your name and other requested information in the fields provided.
4.Create a username that you will be comfortable using for a long time and will identify you to your email recipients.
Remember that you can use numbers and letters and even a single dot.
5. Type the username you choose in the field provided.
6. Choose a password when you have successfully entered a unique username.
7. Verify your registration by typing the characters you see shown in the last section of the registration page into the field provided.
Advantages of Yahoo!Mail.
Accessibility Access other email accounts Multiple yahoo addresses Choose your ‘from’ address Folders Attach Large Files Unlimited storage
• advantages
All your favorite apps Email tabs Yahoo Mail Plus
Windows Live Hotmail
Online email account provider
2.Click on the Sign Up button.
The sign-up option is on the left of the
page next to "Don't have a Windows
Live ID?"
3. Fill out the sign up page.
This is where you'll decide what your
email address will be, as well as
entering personal and security
information.
4. Choose an address Type in what you want your email address to be, then pick a domain.
You can use hotmail.com or live.com.
5. Fill in the form, and click on the 'I Accept' button.
6. Agree to the terms of service and privacy policy
At the bottom of the page, there are two
blue links to Microsoft's terms of service
and privacy policy documents. You don't
have to read these to set up an account,
but you do have to agree to them. Click
"I agree" at the bottom of the page to
complete the process.
7. Log into your email account.
. Visit the Hotmail website again to log
into the email account you just
created.
Advantages of Hotmail
Like most email services, the biggest advantage of using Hotmail is having instant communication access
friends Family Business across the globe
•advantages
Own address book Lots of storage space Connect you account to your Microsoft
Outlook email
Disadvantagesof Hotmail
Few and it is highly-rated service.
The Bottom Line
There are various email providers
across the web and each person has
the favorite. Before signing up to your
account, take the time to research
providers and decide which one suits
you best.
In the end,
You have the choice to pick one you like.
