How to Get a Free Account

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1 1 How to Get a Free Account This is a free service. You will not be charged in any way to use this service. If you choose this option and signup you can get your anywhere at home, work, on the road anywhere. Plus, this account STAYS THE SAME all the time. You can use AOL, MSN or ANY independent internet provider with this account. It does NOT affect any other accounts you may currently use. NO other changes need to be made to use this free service. below: If you wish to use this free service please PRINT THESE DIRECTIONS and follow the steps Step # 1: Open your browser use Internet Explorer or Netscape and go to this address: Step #2: You will see this at the top of the page. Click the Mail blue line. Step # 3: You will be taken to the next page called Yahoo! Mail - Sign up for your Yahoo! ID with Mail. Click the blue line in the picture.

2 2 Step # 4: You will be asked to fill in some questions for Yahoo!. They are shown below: This is the first section of the page. The Yahoo! ID will be PART of your new address. Since so many people use this free service please choose a long Yahoo! ID with a couple of numbers in the address. The Password is used to retrieve messages you may receive. This is important do not forget this password! The Re-type Password box is for verification only. It must be the same password you typed in the Password box. This is the middle section of the same screen. This section will give you a hint if you forget your password. The security question is a hint you may choose any question. The Your Answer is what you could give Yahoo! So they could tell you your password. The Birthday is required to be filled in also you may fill in any birthday you wish they will NOT check it. Current is optional we recommend you do NOT fill this section in unless you want to. The bottom part of the signup screen is printed below:

3 3 The First Name and Last Name will be shown on ALL you send from this address. Please enter what you want to be shown on sent out from this account. Leave Language & Content in the default choice shown. Fill in the Zip/Postal Code and the Gender. These are not usually displayed on messages so do not worry. Select your Occupation and Industry from the drop boxes. People Search Listing is a white pages directory if someone wants to look your address up at Yahoo!. This is optional. We recommend UN-checking the Contact me occasionally about special offers and Yahoo! Features box - this is called Spam. You may leave it checked if you wish. We also recommend NOT checking the boxes Entertainment, Home & Family, Health, etc This can also generate unwanted Spam. When you complete the form click the Submit This Form button.

4 4 Step # 5 If everything is successful you will see a screen with this picture: Your Yahoo! ID (shown below it is fake) will be used to log into the same site to retrieve your . If you reach this screen everything is successful! The arrow shows the author s fake Yahoo! ID used for . How to Get Sent to You Step #1 Open your browser and go to Step # 2 Click the Mail link as shown in the picture below:

5 5 Step #3 You will need to enter your Yahoo! ID and Password. You may choose to click Remember my ID on this computer. We suggest this option only if you use a home computer for your . If you check that box at a public computer anyone at the computer may view your mail. Login for example: If your Yahoo address is: myfakeaddress@yahoo.com Your Yahoo ID is : myfakeaddress Click the Sign In button.

6 6 Step #4 You will see the screen on the next page. Click Check Mail. Step #5 The screen below will appear. To read the message click the line (in this case Yahoo!) under the Subject.

7 7 Step #6 The message will appear. An example is shown below: Yahoo! contains may online tutorials about using your Yahoo! account. Feel free to go over the Yahoo! site to find out how to manage your account, sync it with other accounts and using it efficiently. There is a catch (isn t there always). You can only keep 6 MB of mail at Yahoo!. That means you only have the space for your mail as about 4 floppy disks. We hope you enjoy the free service! Possible Problems with your account: 1. Your Yahoo! ID is already being used: Select another Yahoo! ID. No person s Yahoo! ID can be the same. 2. I forgot my password Go to and click Mail follow the prompts on the screen. They will walk you through the process to retrieve this password from information you gave when you initially signed up for the free service. 3. I go to Yahoo and click mail I see a screen with Inbox, Trash, Sent what is it? Yahoo! tries to remember you so there are times when you do not have to sign in everything is still ok. 4. Does this interfere with other accounts I have? NO! No other changes have to be made AT ALL! Separate accounts do not interfere with each other. Note: Yahoo keeps extensive information online for help. It is a great resource for specific problems.