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    Advantages of E-Mail   To create an e-mail account on Gmail, follow the given steps:

     E-mail has various advantages, some of them are:
                       1  Type 'www.gmail.com' in address bar of the browser.
        An e-mail can be sent anytime and from anywhere in the world.

       An e-mail can be sent to many people at a time.                                             2  Select Create
                                                                                                   an account option.
        An e-mail can be easily forwarded to anyone without typing it again.

       Sending an e-mail is fast in comparison to traditional mails.
                                                                                                    3  Click on For
     E-Mail Address                                                                                my personal use

     You need to have an electronic address to send and receive e-mails. This electronic           option to create a
     address is called e-mail address. The e-mail address is unique for each e-mail user.          personal account.
     Some examples of e-mail addresses are as follow:

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

     orangeeducation123@gmail.com
     Although  these  e-mail  addresses  have  different
     Username  Domain name
     formats  depending  upon  the  type  of  network  but

     always have same form— a username and a domain name  separated by @ (pronounced
     as ‘at’) symbol. The portion before the at (@) symbol is called the username 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.

                                             4  Type your name and                  5  Enter your birthday and
     The first person to send an e-mail across a network was Ray Tomlinson.
                                            click on Next button.                  gender and click on Next button.
     He used the “@” sign to separate the names of the user and th e domain name.

     Creating an E-Mail Account

     There are various websites that provide e-mail services free of cost. Some of them
     are Gmail, Yahoo, Rediffmail, Outlook, 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.

     Imagine,  if  your  emails  could  be  delivered  by  virtual  birds  that  fly  across  the
     Internet. What kinds of birds would deliver different types of messages?  6  Choose your Gmail address or create your   7  Create a strong password
                      own email address and click on Next button.                       and click on Next button.

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