Internet Guide - Email/IM
Free Email providers:
Email online is often also called webmail. Each of the following sites offers a free email account (address).
Yahoo
mail.yahoo.com
Yahoo's webmail is free, simple and full-featured.
Hotmail
hotmail.com
Hotmail is Microsoft's free webmail client.
Gmail
mail.google.com
Signing up for Google's Gmail requires a text-capable mobile phone or an invitation from an existing user.
AOL
new.aol.com
AOL provides webmail without requiring an AOL Internet account.
Email tools online:
Mailinator
mailinator.com
Temporary, throwaway email accounts for guarding against spam.
Mail2Web
mail2web.com
Online application that allows you to check your home email account (works in most, but not all, cases).
Instant Messenger (IM) Clients:
Instant messenger clients allow you to send and receive text messages in real time with other IM users, like email without the wait. Using them requires that you and the person you'd like to talk to are on the same IM service. The following represent some of the more popular services:
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
aim.com
An AIM screenname allows you to use AOL Instant Messenger Express, a web-based IM client.
Yahoo Messenger
messenger.yahoo.com
Yahoo Messenger is another popular web-based IM client.
Google Chat
igoogle.com
Web-based chat client connects to other Google and AIM users.
Windows Live!
people.live.com
This is Microsoft's web-based IM client (their desktop IM is at messenger.msn.com).
Meebo
meebo.com
Meebo allows you to log on to the more popular IM clients online, all in one place.
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