CREATE A FREE EMAIL ACCOUNT USING YAHOO!

1. Go to the YAHOO home page.  (Place the cursor in the address bar and type www.yahoo.com.  Hit the Enter key or click on the Go button).

2. Click on the Mail icon.
 

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3. On the right side of the screen, click on Sign Up (see below).

Don’t have a Yahoo! ID?                   

                                                Signing up is easy.         Sign Up

4. a. This will bring you to a form.  Fill in the form.  What you type in the box called

“Yahoo ID” will be the address others will use to send email to your Yahoo account.

(ex: YahooID@yahoo.com).  You may use any combination of letters, numbers, underscores ( _ ) and one dot (.).

   b. The “password” should be something you can easily remember but it should be kept confidential so others cannot read your mail.

   c.  Please Note: All boxes preceded by a star must be filled in. 

   d. You do not need to fill in the part called “Customizing Yahoo!”. 

   e. “Verify your Registration” – “Enter the code shown”: Type the letter/number combination in the box exactly as you see it.  The example below would be: ceF3FA

  f. Read the "Terms of Service" agreement and, if you accept the terms, click on the “I Agree” button.

If your Yahoo ID has not already been taken, Congratulations, you’re done!  If someone has already chosen your ID, choose another.  Some common solutions are to add a number or an underscore.  Ex: “johnsmith2005” or “john_smith”.

You can now tell your friends and acquaintances your email address which will be (Your Yahoo ID goes here)@yahoo.com.

Using your new email account

Follow steps 1 and 2 from above.  Enter your Yahoo ID and password in the appropriate boxes.

Reading messages: Click on the Inbox folder icon on the left side of the screen. 

Your “mail” will appear on the screen with unread “letters” in bold type.  Click on the line under “Subject” to open each piece of mail.

Sending messages:  
Click on the “Compose” button.

Type: 
1.) The address of the person or business to whom you are sending mail in the space marked "To".
2.) The subject of your email in the subject bar.
3.) Your letter in the large white space.
4.) Click on the “Send” button. Find this button at the top or the bottom of the screen on the left hand side.

 Important Note:  When using the public computers in the library (or any public internet terminal), don’t forget to “Sign Out” at the top of the page.

Always remember to protect your privacy!

To Learn More:

 Website - “Learn the Net” Email Tutorial

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/email.html

 Books

How to Do Everything with YAHOO! -  Chapter 2    004.6 NEI

Internet for Dummies – Chapter 10      004.6 LEV

 *All screen shots reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. ã2005 by Yahoo! Inc.   YAHOO! and the YAHOO!  Logo are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

Updated December, 2005 by Donna Manoogian