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Email in 5 minutes!

thetechmanual — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:18:00 +0000

Web based email is the most convenient email, because you can access it anywhere you have an Internet connection. It is also the easiest to sign up for. Here are the two places I highly recommend for reasons I’ll explain in another section.

Both sign ups are only one page long and easy to complete. Best of all both are totally free!

Yahoo! Email

Gmail from Google

Both offer so much space that you need not ever erase an email, but you can if its unimportant to you.

The most important reason to use web based email is that you can keep your email address for life. If you decide to change internet providers you don’t have to change your email address. If you move out of state you can still use the same email address. Ok, you get the idea.

Getting started

thetechmanual — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:56:29 +0000

Key Word surfing like AOL with Google.

Are you knew to the internet?

If so the first thing to learn is how to do a Google search. If you are not new still read this quick tip there is something new here for most people.

Type in Google.com in the address bar.
Type in cnn on the search field.
Click “I’m Feeling Lucky”

Notice what happened. You didn’t get a search results list. You got CNN.com. Go back and try MTV, Yahoo, AOL. What you are getting is the best result for the keywords. You can even try “Yahoo Mail”. Using the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on Google.com is a great shortcut that seems to be underused.

Alright, hope this was new to you and see how simple the web can be.

iPhone, your printable paper.

thetechmanual — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:20:00 +0000

Quick Tips:
iPhone, your printable paper.

Ever started to read an article on your computer but you had to leave your desk that exact moment? Click on File menu and send link to your email address. Now you’ll have an email on your iPhone with a direct link to the story to continue reading.

Gmail as your personal archives.

Now that you have emailed yourself that link you can have Gmail always archive anything sent to you by you and move to a self named folder. Now you have a folder which you can check quickly for your latest self sent email. And, now you have a searchable personal internet bookmarked sites and articles.