Getting Your Email Account Information

When you sign up for Internet access through an ISP, you may receive a list of information needed to create and set up an email account on your computer. If not, get a piece of paper, contact the company responsible for running your email account (such as your ISP), and write down the following information:

  • Your email address You can choose the first part of your email address, but the last part usually contains the name of the company running your email account, such as or . When you sign up with an ISP, you may need to specify a username, which your ISP will use to create your email account. You may have the option of creating additional email accounts as well.

  • Your password ...

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