A beginner’s guide to Webmail
What do you need? A computer, or a smartphone An internet connection An account with an service provider
What does it cost? Nothing for the service Just the cost of your internet connection
Benefits? Fast communication with other users Needed for using many web services Can send files as attachments
Drawbacks Not secure Risk of malware Junk mail (spam)
How it works
Main functions Compose new message Send message Receive message Reply Forward Attachments Address/contacts list
The address
Setting up an account Go to or or and click on the sign up linkwww.yahoo.co.uk Fill in the form Make a record of your user name and password!
Logging in Go to the sign in page, and enter your user name and password
Checking mail If the Inbox link has a number beside it, you have that number of messages waiting to be read