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The first step in obtaining an email address is to first ask yourself this very simple question "What Do I Need It For?", knowing what you need an email address for is very important because various email provider's have different features for different types of users.

If you are looking for a personal email address to use for online chat sites, forums or other brief activities such as msn games, then obtaining an email address with Hotmail is the way to go. Hotmail offer's you a free service in which you can use with msn messenger and msn games, they are more designed for people who are not very active with the internet, people who only use the internet for a brief selection of thing's, however they have the option to be more advanced, but this will come at a cost. You can obtain a Hotmail address by going to www.hotmail.com and look for the saying "New To MSN Hotmail?" click on the Sign Up button, follow the direction's on the screen and your done.

If you use the internet for more then just online chat and thing's like msn games but do not use it for a professional service, then I suggest using Yahoo Mail, Yahoo offer's you a more professional service then Hotmail does, Yahoo also offer's you more in free features and you can send larger files to your friends and family. Yahoo is perfect for someone who uses the internet more then a few times per week but does not do anything extremely interactive like running an online business. You can obtain a free Yahoo account by going to www.yahoo.com or www.yahoo.ca depending on which country your in, the .ca stands for Canada, while the .com is focused more on the United States but can be used by any other country as well. Once you arrive at the Yahoo homepage look to the right for six button's, one saying Mail, just above these button's you'll notice something that say's "Free mail: Sign Up" click on the words "Sign Up" and follow the direction's on the screen and you'll have a brand new email account ready to go.

The best email service of all time would have to be Gmail; Gmail was created by Google and is the best ranked email service. Gmail offer's you the best layout, interactive experience, largest file storage, and they offer you the largest file attachment's around, however just because Gmail is the best does not mean it's the best for everyone, I only suggest Gmail for people who use the internet more then a few times per week or people who believe that they will require a very powerful email service in the future. In order to obtain a Gmail account is a bit harder then the other services in which I've provided here because Gmail is an invitation only service, which mean's that a member has to send you an invitation before you can sign up, if you do not know anyone with a Gmail account this can be a bit of a hassle to get an account however once you have an account you can send out a ton of your own invitation's, for instance I'm currently able to send out 80 Gmail invitation's and once those are used up I'll be granted even more.

If you are serious about obtaining a Gmail account you are really limited to knowing someone who already has an account, this is your best strategy, however if you send a short email to minidak03@gmail.com I'll be happy to provide you with one.

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