Free Email Accounts - Are They What you Need?

Are you looking for a free email account? There are many companies offering free email accounts on the Internet; two of the most popular ones being Yahoo and msn Hotmail.

But is a free email account suitable for your needs ?

Problems with Free Email Accounts

There are several problems with free email accounts:

• The email address doesn't belong to you
• The domain name is that of your email provider
• You usually have a very long and hard to remember name i.e. steve1007@
• You are normally forced to access using a web browser, and have advertising on the email page; which can be annoying.
• The provider can change terms and conditions at any time.

Advantages of Free Email Accounts

• They all support web based access which means you can access your email from anywhere.
• They are free!
• You can have as many addresses as you want
• You can discard them when you don't want them

How to Use Free Email Accounts

I would try to use them as disposable email addresses. That means that they should never be you main email address, especially if you run a business.

They are ideal for forum use, free online newsletters etc.

Do you Already Have a Free Email Account?

When you connect to the Internet, you connect using an ISP (Internet service provider).

Most ISPs not only provide you with an Internet connection they also usually provide you with basic Internet services such as email accounts and web space.

So before you go looking for free email providers and in fact free web space look at what your current ISP has to offer! You may already have what you need.

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• Google Gmail
• Yahoo Email