Introduction
Having an email address these days is very important and it has become a must. You need an email address for almost everything you do online this includes, shopping, creating accounts, managing bank accounts, etc. Every employer will ask you for your email address and many employers will want to receive your resume by email. Having an email address is very important and it is very easy to make your own email address. There are plenty of free email providers on the web like Yahoo, Live.com and Gmail. These are the most popular email services in the world with millions of users from all the countries in the world.
You can also get an email address if you have your own website. If you have your own website you can create an email address attached to your site like yourname@yoursite.com, having this type of email address will be similar to a business card.
Step 1
If you want to create a Yahoo email address all you have to do is go to yahoo.com, and you will see that in the upper right it will say “Sign in”. Under the “Sing in” sign there is also a “Sign up” button, push the Sign up button. Now you will have to fill a form and personal information will be required like: gender, country, zip code, and birthday.
Step 2
Now you will have to create your ID. Creating your Id is very simple you can use letters, underscores, numbers and a single dot, you can let your imagination fly or you can create a simple Id by using your full name. There are many Yahoo users and your Id can be already taken, to avoid this you can insert a number after your ID it can be your birth year. It is better to keep your ID simple, because if you choose crazy ID’s you might lose some credibility when you apply to jobs. Choose an ID that represents you and is also professional.
Step 3
You will have to choose a password. Your password can have a length between 6 to 32 characters, you cannot use spaces and you cannot use your Id as password. Your password is very important and it is best not to share your password with anyone. When choosing a password you can use letters, numbers and special characters like: #, @, &. Password fields are also case sensitive so you can also use lowercase and uppercase letters.
Step 4
After you choose your password you will have to type it again. You will be asked about another email address but if you don’t have an alternate email address you can leave the space blank. The security question is very important, choose one of the questions from the drop menu and answer it. Make sure you remember the question and the answer because they are the only way to retrieve your password in case you forget it.
Step 5
The last step of creating your email address is to agree the terms of service and click on the “Create account” button.
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