Yahoo! is one of the largest email providers and search engines on the Internet. Creating an email address through Yahoo! sets an individual up with access to all other components of the Yahoo! website. So long as the email address with the @yahoo.com is available, it will be created within seconds of clicking the “Create My Account” button and you can begin sending email to friends and colleagues. Setting Up a Yahoo! Email Address Visit the Yahoo! homepage by entering yahoo.com into the browser URL bar. At the top of Read More

A computer virus hoax is a message, usually in the form of an e-mail, cautioning the receiver of a fictional computer virus threat. The e-mail would also ask the receiver to forward the message to everyone in their social circle. Such e-mails declare that the virus is capable of performing impractical tasks such as completely damaging the computer, or erasing the entire contents of the computer’s hard drive. The language used in the e-mail is of a melodramatic nature and usually encourages the user to forward the e-mail. The messages Read More

Email scams are illegal schemes that are operated and run through the Internet. The scammers send legitimate-seeming email messages to random email addresses. The content of the email varies but the object is the same: to separate gullible people from their money. Email Scam Messages Some email messages tell the recipient that they have won a very large prize in an international raffle. The scammer may use the name and logo of an internationally recognizable institution. There would usually be a deadline for claiming prizes, a contact number and, later Read More

Not all email applications are the same. Therefore, users need to use a message format that their recipient’s application supports. Microsoft Outlook offers the flexibility in message formats that users need. The message format that the user chooses determines whether he/she can add formatted text such as bold fonts, colored fonts, and bullets, and whether he/she can add pictures to the message body. The fact that someone chooses a message format does not mean that the recipient will see it. Not all email applications support formatted messages or pictures. HTML Read More

Spam is unsolicited e-mail which is sent in massive quantities to unsuspecting Internet email users. Most spam tries to sell products and services such as mortage refinancing, memberships to pornograpic web sites, and drugs such as Viagra. A more dangerous category of spam tries to convince the recipient to share their bank account numbers, credit card numbers, or logins and passwords to their online banking systems or services such as eBay and PayPal. Spam is sometimes referred to as Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (UCE). Not all spam is commercial. Some spam Read More

Hotmail, which the Microsoft Corporation owns and operates, is a free web based email program that is extremely similar to other types of free web based email providers. Hotmail offers its users 1 gigabyte of storage for their emails and attachments. Each attachment included in an email message cannot exceed 10 MB. Accessing a Hotmail Email There are two ways to access a Hotmail email. The first is through any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser and the second is through POP3 access. POP3 access allows users Read More

Outlook Express is an email client that comes with Microsoft Office and it is usually available on a computer once Microsoft Windows is installed. Outlook Express, like other email clients, allows users to download the email messages that they receive via their browser-based email service such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or MSN Mail. Likewise, Outlook Express allows users to upload emails that they compose to their browser-based email service and organize information such as Address Book contacts, calendar dates, and tasks. The Outlook 0x800ccc0f error code usually occurs when Microsoft Read More

Electronic mail is a technique of sending and receiving digital messages via the Internet. E-mail systems consist of server systems that recognize, send, deliver and store messages. These messages are sent or viewed by users through an e-mail interface, which connects to an e-mail server, on their personal computers. The e-mail message structure comprises of two parts: the message header and the message body.  The message header is structured as fields and holds the original senders e-mail address and one or more recipient e-mail addresses. Additional fields include Subject, Date, Read More

Although the vast majority of people worldwide now have an email address, if not several email addresses, there are still a large number of people that have not yet joined the rest of us in email communication. Some people simply do not want an email address while others desire to use email but either do not have access to a computer or do not know how to setup an email address. In any case, this article will show you how to setup your very own email address by showing you Read More

Charter Communications is the third largest cable TV provider in the United States. Besides cable TV, Charter Communications also offers high-speed Internet and a variety of phone services. While Charter’s service is not available in all areas within the United States, the company does have over 5 million customers in 29 states. When you sign up for Charter Communication’s high speed Internet service which is categorized as cable broadband, you will either receive or be able to create a user name. This user name not only gives you access to Read More