How to Create a Gmail Account

An email address is essential if you want to keep up with events and communicate with your contacts, business or otherwise. Gmail used to be an invitation-only email service, but is now open to anyone. It is regarded as one of the best email services available and offers many useful features. Creating an account with Gmail is quick and easy.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Go to the Gmail homepage.
   
2. Click the "Sign Up for Gmail" link in the bottom right of the screen.
   
3. Fill in the appropriate boxes: "First Name," "Last Name" and "Desired Login Name."
   
4. Choose and confirm a password.
   
5. Fill out the remainder of the form with a security question (which will help you if you forget your password), a secondary email (if you have one), location and word verification.
   
6. Click on the button marked "I accept. Create My Account" if you accept the Gmail terms of service.
   

how to make a Hotmail account and make a new Hotmail email address

Open the link above to create your new Hotmail email address: the simple form that shows up collects all the information needed for your account creation. Information Hotmail requires not strictly part of opening your email account is used in case you forget your user name (the part of your email address that comes before "@hotmail.com") or if you have forgotten your Hotmail account's password. You can also supply an alternate email address for that purpose.

(Note that the alternate email address you supply during sign up does not have to be a Hotmail.com or Live.com email address. It is simply a way to allow Hotmail to contact you in case you forget your password, for example.)

Choosing your new Hotmail email address

Notice that you can use the Windows Live Hotmail service to check your email account from another domain name; this tutorial shows you how to create a standard email account. Click the "Or get a Windows Live e-mail address" link, which will let you choose a user name, and a choice between having an "@hotmail.com" email account or a "@live.com" email account. This is just a matter of preference, both services are identical.

Considerations: choosing your new email address' user name — When you create your new email account, the email address choice is important: it should ideally be easy to remember by your friends and relatives. You should also try to make your new email address as short as possible, since you will often have to type it in signup/registration forms, etc. Be aware that if you include your last name in your email address, it will be visible by anyone you send emails to. In some cases, anonymity is preferable.

Avoid creating an email address that includes numbers: most people will have difficulties remembering email addresses that contain numbers, underscores, hyphens, etc.

Check the availability of your new Hotmail email address

After you have typed a user name and chosen a domain (hotmail.com or live.com), click the Check availability button: this will let you try various username combinations until you find one that has not yet been taken.

Since Hotmail (and now Live.com) count millions of users, you may need luck to find an available user name in the first strike. Otherwise, keep going: Hotmail will let you know if an email address is taken or not.

If the user name/domain combination you choose is already taken, you will see a list of close matches that are currently available.

You can pick one of the email addresses for your new Hotmail account, or try different combinations.

Confirming the creation of your new Hotmail account

If the Hotmail version of your new email account is taken, you can try the Live.com version of it: once you find an available user name, you will receive a visual confirmation:


Since available Hotmail user names are so scarce for new accounts, quickly finish setting up your account before another new Hotmail users signs up for it! (You can always open and setup another Hotmail email account with a different user name later on.)
Click the I Accept button, and your new Hotmail email address is ready to use: the next screen shows you a summary of your account, including a "Go to my inbox" link.

Make a new Hotmail account secure from unauthorized access

Make your new Hotmail account safer from hackers by choosing a strong password; the password you choose when signing up with Hotmail can be changed at a later time (how to change your Hotmail password). Hotmail new accounts are always safer since they are not listed online (in public forums or otherwise), but choosing a strong password with uppercase, lowercase letters, and numbers will make your new Hotmail account more secure.

You can configure your new Windows Live Hotmail account to automatically ask for a new password every 2.5 months.

Tip: Make a new Hotmail account known to friends and family

The first step was to create a Hotmail account; the second step is to make sure that people know about your new email address — and you can do this directly from Hotmail. In fact, as you will see in our tutorial on creating contacts in Hotmail, you can at the same time add new contacts to your Hotmail account, and then email all these contacts from your new email address. The best way to let people know about your new Hotmail account is to write down recipients as you think of them, and email all of them once you think you have your complete list. This approach also allows you to write everyone a single email, as opposed to sending each contact a personalized email from your new account.

One case in which you might want to make your new Hotmail address known to others by using your old email account, is if you know that these contacts are likely to delete an email from an unknown sender; in that case, emailing them from your old account will ensure that they know about your new email address, and allow them to add it to their "safe senders" list.

Letting others know about your new email address is the most tedious part of the process, akin to moving or changing phone number. But this is a one-time chore, and you can look forward to emailing anyone from your new Hotmail account thereafter!

Using your new Hotmail account

The new email is just a generic welcome email from the Hotmail/Windows Live team. The next tutorials show you how to use the Hotmail inbox, standard folders and how to create custom folders. Hotmail, especially in its latest incarnation, behaves much like regular email programs (Outlook Express, Windows Mail, etc.) which should be easy to learn.

Now that you have completed the sign-up process, your new Windows Live Hotmail account is now ready to use: the next tutorials will explain how to use Hotmail to read your emails and newsletters, how to send, reply to, and forward emails, etc. (Like sending your new Hotmail email address to friends and colleagues.) All tutorials are designed to let you familiarize yourself with the new Hotmail.

Note that you can always delete your Hotmail account (or permanently close your Hotmail account) later on if you want, and create another new email address instead.

It is now time to sign in to Hotmail and make a new email with the account you just created!

If you receive the following error message when signing up for a new Hotmail account, click on it to get help about the problem: "You've reached the daily limit for creating Windows Live IDs".

Make Yahoo email address -Instructions for beginners

To continue from the previous article on how to get a Yahoo email address, we now look at the online sign up form that is presented to you when you clicked on the Sign up button or link. To make you Yahoo email address, all you need to do is to fill up and submit this rather simple form which can be done in a few minutes.
The sign up for Yahoo form has three sections and I shall be going through each in detail below.

Enter your personal information for making your Yahoo email address

In the first "Tell us about yourself" section, you are required to type in your first and last name, select your gender, birthday and your location and enter the postal or zip code of your location. The country in which you reside would most likely be selected in the drop down menu because this information is conveyed by your computer to Yahoo! Make sure that all information you enter is correct else, you shall be in breach of the Yahoo! Terms of Service (to quote - " provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself").

Select an ID which shall be a part of your email address

An email address needs to be unique, i.e. no two people on the planet can have the same email address. And all email addresses have the format someone@somewhere. The someone part is referred to as the ID while what follows the at (@) sign is the domain.
Before you rush and type in an ID, I suggest you first select the domain because Yahoo! offers three (at the time of writing). The first and most common is yahoo.com. This may be replaced by a country specific domain such as yahoo.co.uk (for United Kingdom) or yahoo.co.in (for India) etc. The other two domains are ymail.com and rocketmail.com. Selecting a domain name from Yahoo! is entirely up to you and if you want to spend some time on it... go ahead. Remember, the domain name will be a part of your address and you cannot change it once you make Yahoo email address.
Now comes the interesting part - choosing an ID for your Yahoo! email address. Since the ID is a part of your email address, you cannot change it later. It's the ID that makes your email address unique. Choosing a "good" Yahoo! email account ID is paramount - it should be easy to recall and describe you in some fashion. There is just one issue - with millions of people holding Yahoo email addresses, it is difficult (not impossible) to get an ID of choice. But this should not dishearten you. If it's the first time you are making an email address let me offer some pointers. By the way, to come to know if an ID is available you need to enter it in the text field and hit the "Check" button.

• First check if you can get an ID of your name. Try out your first name, then combinations of your first and last names. Obviously, if you have a common name, the chances of you finding an ID available are remote.
• You should try to get an email address that describes you, your work or your personality. For example, carsalesman@yahoo.com is an ideal email address for someone who sells cars.
• If your are planning to use the Yahoo email address for business purposes, an ID of your company name or brand name or even the product would be a good bet.
• Avoid having numbers in your email ID as these would be difficult to recall, unless of course, they are a part of your name (?) or your company name.
• Important: Don't give up hope quickly. Perseverance is what is required at this point in time because you once you select an ID, it will probably be with you for life (or for a long time).

Once you get the ID of choice, you need to supply a password and you have to enter it twice. The password of your email account is like a key. Do not share this with anyone. I offer my advice once again:

• Passwords need to be complex so that people cannot guess them in a few tries. Avoid using your spouse or pet's name as the password. This will definitely spell doom for you if a dedicated hacker wanted to break into your email account.
• Sprinkle in upper and lower case letters along with numbers and symbols. However, the more complex you make the password; the more difficult it will be for you to remember. So you need to note it down in your "little black book". You shall be able to recall it when you've used it a few times. But till then, make sure the place you've noted your password is away from prying eyes.
• The password strength bar lets you know if the password is weak or strong. Please take full advantage of it.

Security information for your account

This is one section that most beginners take very lightly - YOU should not. As I mentioned above, the password of your email account is like a key and should be complex enough so that people cannot guess it in a few tries. However, one can forget complex passwords especially when they haven't been used in a while. Don't think it can't happen to you because I get tons of email each week from distressed users. The security information required in this section is a way for you retrieve the password and regain control of your email account.
The alternate email address is the ideal way to get back the old password or change it. However, if the Yahoo email address is the first one you are making, you wouldn't have a secondary email account, right? The next option is to choose a security question and provide an answer. Again, make sure that the answer is not very obvious; for example, it shouldn't be something most people know about you. Note the security question and answer with the password in your little black book.
A note about retrieving lost passwords: In the event of you forgetting the Yahoo email password, you can retrieve it by visiting the help pages. If you didn't provide an alternate email address, you shall be asked to verify your identity through your birthday and location so make sure these are indeed true.

Just about to make your Yahoo email address

Only two steps remain in making a Yahoo email address. Enter the wavy letters and numbers you see in the image and put a check mark for agreeing to the Yahoo Terms of Service. Click on the "Create my account" button when done.

Could not make Yahoo email address - Got errors?

If you got errors while making a Yahoo email address, you shall be displayed the form again and prompted to correct them. Based on m experience, the most common errors are when people forget to check the Terms of Service agreement or they enter a wrong security code (that wavy letters and numbers image).

Your Yahoo email account - first look

Assuming you've followed the instructions detailed on this page, your Yahoo email account will be made and ready for use. Follow the instructions and the prompts to be taken to your Inbox (the place where all your email collects). There will be an email from the Yahoo team waiting for you in the inbox. Read it, if you want or start composing and sending email messages.

Email

The at sign, a part of every e-mail address

Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the same time, a la instant messaging. Today's email systems are based on a store-and-forward model. Email servers accept, forward, deliver and store messages. Neither the users nor their computers are required to be online simultaneously; they need connect only briefly, typically to an email server, for as long as it takes to send or receive messages.
An email message consists of three components, the message envelope, the message header, and the message body. The message header contains control information, including, minimally, an originator's email address and one or more recipient addresses. Usually descriptive information is also added, such as a subject header field and a message submission date/time stamp.
Originally a text only (7 bit ASCII and others) communications medium, email was extended to carry multi-media content attachments, a process standardized in RFC 2045 through 2049. Collectively, these RFCs have come to be called Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).
The history of modern, global Internet email services reaches back to the early ARPANET. Standards for encoding email messages were proposed as early as 1973 (RFC 561). Conversion from ARPANET to the Internet in the early 1980s produced the core of the current services. An email sent in the early 1970s looks quite similar to a basic text message sent on the Internet today.
Network-based email was initially exchanged on the ARPANET in extensions to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), but is now carried by the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), first published as Internet standard 10 (RFC 821) in 1982. In the process of transporting email messages between systems, SMTP communicates delivery parameters using a message envelope separate from the message (header and body) itself.