Tip 1: How to set up e-mail on your computer

Instructions

Register a new mailbox to set up your email. To do this, go to the website of any free email system, for example, g.com. Select the “Create an account” link, then fill out the registration form: login, password, first and last name, security question (used if you forget your password).

Click "Create an account." Next you will be transferred to your mailbox. To set up mail, go to “Settings”, then “POP Forwarding”, select the “Setup Instructions” option. Next, you need to select the email client that is installed on computer and follow the instructions provided.

Launch Outlook Express to set up your email computer. Go to the “Tools” menu, select the “Accounts” command, click the “Add” button, then select the “Mail” option. Enter the name that will appear in your emails in the “Short Name” field, click “Next”. In the next window, enter your full email address ([email protected]) in the “Email Address” form field.

Enter the following address - imap.gmail.com in the "Incoming message server" option, and the outgoing mail server address smtp.gmail.com - in the "Outgoing message server" field, click "Next" to continue setting up the email box. Enter your username, including the @gmail.com part of the account name, then fill out the field called “Password” and click “Next.”

Click on the “Finish” button, select the “Account” field, highlight the line imap.gmail.com there, click on the “Properties” button, go to the “Advanced” tab, check the box next to “Connect via a secure connection”. Next, go to the “Servers” tab, check the box next to the “User Authentication” option.

Click OK. Setting up mail on computer completed. Similar instructions for other email clients can be found on the website http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=75726&ctx=mail&&hl=ru.

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Each of us once went online for the first time, slightly bewildered by the abundance and variety of opportunities available. First site, first forum... Sooner or later (usually sooner) the moment comes when it becomes necessary to create your first mailbox. After all, without an email address it is impossible to register in any online service; it is required for the forum, for an online game, and for ordering in an online store.

Millions of people have opened their first mailbox on the national mail service mail.ru, which has been a leader in this area of ​​the RuNet for many years. Let's try to set up mail ru too, especially since there is nothing complicated in this process, and no payment will be required either.

1. Open the main mail.ru. In the upper left corner there is a block for entering your name and password. Click the Registration link in your email.


2. In the form that opens, fill in the required fields. Personal data: first name, last name, date of birth, city and gender will be needed to process letters (the “From” field) and for the password in case of loss.


3. In the Mailbox field, create and enter a mailbox ID. Some difficulties may arise here, since the identifier must be unique, that is, not match any of the several million identifiers already existing on mail.ru. If your imagination is not enough to create a unique, yet memorable identifier, use the mail.ru prompts that will appear when you try to register an identifier.


4. Enter and duplicate your password. Re-entering is necessary in order to make sure that you did not make a mistake, because passwords are replaced with asterisks for security reasons (this way no one can peek your password over your shoulder), so it is impossible to notice an accidental typo.


5. To recover your password, you can specify your mobile number, as well as a secret question and answer, by which the service can identify you if the password is accidentally lost.


6. All you have to do is enter s and registration is complete. You can use a mailbox.

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Most Internet users have several email accounts registered for different purposes. At the same time, some prefer to work with mail using the online server interface, while others like it when letters from all mailboxes are stored in one place on the computer’s hard drive.

Instructions

Computer programs that allow you to work with electronic mail clients. There are quite a lot of programs of this kind. Among them there are the well-known powerful ones: The Bat! or MS Outlook, as well as less common programs: Becky Internet Mail, FoxMail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Si.Mail and others. Which of these programs you can choose yourself. We will further explain using MS Outlook as an example, since this program is no less widespread than the Windows operating system itself.

After launching the program, go to the “Tools” - “Email Accounts” menu and select “Add a new account.” Next, specify the type with which the mail client will work. To find out these settings, go to the mailbox help section dedicated to setting up clients. All information on servers, as well as encryption methods and other settings that will be needed later, should be taken from there.

In the next settings window, fill in the proposed fields: login and password to access your mailbox, incoming and outgoing mail, encryption methods used, and other settings if necessary. You can check the correctness of the entered data and specified settings by clicking the “Account Verification” button. If everything was filled out correctly, go to the next window and click “Done.”

Thus, you have created one email account. It will appear in the main program window on the left. If you also need to work with correspondence from other mailboxes, repeat steps 2 and 3 for each of them.

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Email is a necessary attribute of an Internet user. It is necessary not only for correspondence and communication with other users, but also for registering on various forums and websites, making purchases in online stores, and subscribing to online publications. The advantages of email are obvious: free, fast delivery of letters and ease of access to your email inbox.

You will need

• - a computer connected to the Internet.

Instructions

Some services will offer a choice of one of those included in the mail system. When filling out the fields of the registration form, do not forget to take into account that the name must begin with a lowercase English letter and contain letters of the English alphabet, numbers and underscores.

When choosing a login, avoid names with a small number of characters, otherwise your mailbox will become an excellent target for spam mailings.

Then read the “Agreement on the procedure for using the free service”, read and agree to all the terms and conditions by checking the appropriate box. By clicking the “Next” button, you automatically accept the terms of the agreement.

In the future you will need to enter it twice for your mailbox. Create a password of at least six characters and containing only numbers and symbols of the English alphabet. Keep your password secret and don't lose it.

After this, you can complete the registration by clicking on the “Complete” button.

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Helpful advice

You should not create a password that is too simple, as this will make your mailbox vulnerable to attackers and may lead to loss of confidentiality of correspondence.

Outlook Express is a fairly simple and convenient email client. The program has a wide range of functions for working with email. With its help, you can sort letters into categories, save them on your computer’s hard drive, and perform many other tasks. But before you can use Outlook Express, you need to configure it.

You will need

• - Outlook Express email client.

Instructions

Now you should enter your details. In the line “Your name”, respectively, enter your name, in the line below - your email address. Then fill out the Login Information section. In the "Username" line, enter the name of the email address. For example, if your address is [email protected], then the username will be slava. Enter your email password below.