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E-Mail Address

                  You need to have an electronic address to send and receive e-mails. This electronic address is
                  called e-mail address. The e-mail address is unique for every Internet user. Some, examples of

                  e-mail addresses are as under:

                       orangeeducation123@gmail.com                                   vikas@yahoo.co.in


                  Although these e-mail addresses have different formats depending upon the type of network
                  but always have same form—a user name and
                                                                      orangeeducation123@gmail.com
                  a domain name—separated by @ (pronounced
                  as ‘at’) symbol. The portion before the at (@)
                                                                                 User name             Domain name
                  symbol is called  the  user  name  and  the  later
                  one is called domain name.

                  The username is  unique to every individual sending or receiving e-mails.  The domain name
                  is common to all the individuals using a particular server or network for sending or receiving
                  e-mails.
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                    The first person to send an e-mail across a network was Ray Tomlinson. He used the “@” sign to
                    separate the names of the user and the user’s machine.


                  Creating an E-mail Account

                  There are various websites that give e-mail service free of cost. Some of the very popular are Gmail,
                  Yahoo, Rediffmail, Hotmail, etc. You can create your e-mail account with any of these service providers.
                  The most common general purpose and free e-mail service provider is Gmail. You can open
                  account with any of the other service providers also. The basics steps involved in creating an
                  e-mail account are:

                  Step 1    Connect to the Internet.
                  Step 2    Open the Firefox web browser.

                  Step 3    In the address bar, type the URL, www.
                            gmail.com and  then  press Enter  key.
                            The home page of Gmail opens.

                  Step 4    Click on the Create an account button
                            on the Web page.
                            This will open  a  screen  asking for
                                                                                        Opening Gmail
                            various details like:
                                ✶  In the First name field, type your first name.

                                ✶  In the Last name field, type your last name.
                                ✶  In the Username field, type what e-mail address you want to create.



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