Back to basics: what an email is anyway…
“I’m now an avid emailer. Thankfully, it’s much easier than I thought it would be and I love the fact that I can send and receive messages at the touch of a button. It makes staying in touch incredibly easy.”
The very first email or "electronic mail" was sent in 1971, by a computer programmer in Massachusetts. It has revolutionised the way that we communicate with each other. Never has it been so easy or instant to send a message across the world. Our straightforward guides will take you from getting your own email account right through to emailing photos and birthday cards to friends and family – wherever they might be.
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Simple steps to keeping your personal information safe, avoiding scams and spam when using email.
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Here are the options and an overview of the process involved.
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The step-by-step guide to getting this free Google email account.
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A guide to opening and reading the contents of an email message.
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A quick guide to deleting unwanted messages from your email inbox.
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A simple step-by-step guide to help you create and send an email.
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A step-by-step guide to sending one email to several different email addresses at once.
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How to open a file that has been sent via email.
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A simple guide to attaching and sending a document from your computer via email.
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