Email (or, electronic mail) is a means of communicating using the Internet. If you don't yet have email, you'll probably want to sign up. It's very convenient to be connected electronically. You can learn to send messages, attachments, as well as images via email. There are many services that provide free email. But, one of the best is Yahoo!.

1. Go to http://www.yahoo.com and click on (top, a little to the right).
2. On the next screen, click on Sign up now.
3. On the next screen, click on Sign Up Now in the lefthand box; this is the Free Edition
4. The hardest part is finding an ID that is not already taken by someone else. You'll learn at the end of the signup process if the ID you're wanting to use is unique, or if someone else has taken it. If you have an unusual name, it often works to use that as your ID. Mine, for example, might be topsysmalley@yahoo.com. If that is already taken, try adding a zip code or year to your name. Example: topsysmalley2003@yahoo.com
5. Fill out the form:

   • Your password has to be at least 6 characters long. When asked to re-enter it, type it in exactly as you first entered it. Remember it! Write it down!
   • When asked for an alternate email, you can use mine: topsysmalley2003@yahoo.com
   • Where it asks you for Industry, click Education
   • Where it asks you for Title, click Student--College
   • Unless you want advertisements and surveys sent directly to your email, unclick the little boxes next to Send me special offers... and Send me more info on the Harris Poll...
   • Type in the word that is shown in the last box.
   • Hit the Submit This Form button.
     
   Now you'll learn if the ID you selected will work. If someone already has taken it, select another ID until you have one that works.

1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage <http://libwww.cabrillo.edu>
2. Click on Library & Internet Instruction (3rd icon from the bottom, on left)
3. Click on 1. Web Workshops for Fall 2003

Topsy N. Smalley last rev. 10/05/03