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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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