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Free Email | Email Tips | Interest Groups
Free Email
The Fort Vancouver Regional Library does not provide email accounts but there are many Internet services that provide free, web-based email; a few of these services are listed below. After you register, your account is available to you from any computer that has Internet access.
- BeeMail
- A basic account withno frills and no advertising. Part of " The Beehive " website run by One Economy, a nonprofit organization.
- MSN Hotmail
- 250MB inbox, spam filter and virus protection. Hotmail is part of MSN (Microsoft Network). Your registration gives you access to all of MSN's various services.
- Yahoo Mail
- 1GB storage, spam filter and virus protection. Your registration gives you access to all of Yahoo's various services.
- Other free email
- About.com's list of free email services.
Email Tips
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- Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail
- Guidelines for efficient, clear, and effective, and polite use of e-mail.
- CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email)
- Find out about “spam” (unsolicited commercial email) and what you can do about it.
- The Core Rules of Netiquette
- Ten rules to follow when sending e-mail. LThis is more in-depth than the Beginner's Guide listed above.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages
- Check on e-mail hoaxes, tall tales, both on the Internet and elsewhere.
Interest Groups
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Once you have your email address, you can join discussion groups on various subjects and share ideas with members around the world.
- Google Groups
- Just read the public messages or register to send your own. You can also create private groups for your family and friends.
- Yahoo Groups
- Just read the public messages or register to send your own. You can also create private groups for your family and friends.
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