- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION
- ABOUT OLPC
- WHAT IS SUGAR
- HOW TO VOLUNTEER
- GETTING STARTED
- GETTING STARTED
- OPENING THE XO
- PORTS
- BATTERY CHARGING
- STARTING THE XO
- KEYBOARD
- INTERFACE
- ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE
- HOME VIEW
- ACTIVITY VIEW
- NEIGHBOURHOOD VIEW
- GROUP VIEW
- THE FRAME
- THE JOURNAL
- ACTIVITIES
- WHAT IS AN ACTIVITY
- LAUNCHING ACTIVITIES
- SWITCHING ACTIVITIES
- COLLABORATING
- EXITING ACTIVITIES
- INSTALLING ACTIVITIES
- ACTIVITY SAMPLER
- NETWORK
- GIVE ME THE INTERNET
- CONNECTING
- WIRELESS DEVICES
- NETWORKING HARDWARE
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- RECORD ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- STARTING RECORD
- PHOTOS
- VIDEO
- AUDIO
- SHARING MEDIA
- THINGS TO TRY
- WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
- BROWSE ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- WHAT IS THE WEB
- STARTING BROWSE
- BROWSE WEB
- BOOKMARKS
- CHANGING THE VIEW
- SHARING LINKS
- COUNTRY QUIZ
- SEARCH THE WEB
- USING WIKIPEDIA
- CONTRIBUTE TO WIKIPEDIA
- USING EMAIL
- WRITE ACTIVITY
- INTRODUCTION
- STARTING WRITE
- COLLABORATING
- PEER EDITING
- THE BASICS
- GROUP STORY TELLING
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- EMAILING A DOCUMENT
- TURTLE ART
- INTRODUCTION
- GETTING STARTED
- STARTER COMMANDS
- PEN COLORS
- PEN COMMANDS
- TRY TURTLE ART
- TURTLE ART LETTERS
- REPEATING COMMANDS
- NUMBERS AND COMMANDS
- SHAPES AND SPECTRUM
- SUPPORT
- HOW TO REFLASH
- POWERING OF YOUR LAPTOP
- REPLACING
- BACKING UP
- GETTING SUPPORT
- APPENDICES
- KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
- PERSONALISING SUGAR
- GLOSSARY
- CREDITS

# Using E-mail

You will probably want to use e-mail to communicate with friends and family with your XO. The XO doesn't include email software, but you can use webmail (e-mail on a web page) using the Browse Activity.

First, you need to set up an e-mail account. Most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) give you several e-mail accounts with your service. If they offer webmail you can use that. Call and ask them how to use it if you haven't already done so.

There are other e-mail services you can use, free of charge. You simply go to their web site and sign up. You will be asked to create your e-mail name and a password. The password should include a mix of letters and digits and be easy for you to remember.

You will probably find that, just like "snail mail" (the regular paper kind) you sometimes get e-mail that is advertising or what is called "spam" or "junk mail". Most e-mail services do their best to screen these out. In fact, it is a good idea to check your junk mail folder once in a while to see if something you really want got put there by mistake.

A popular free e-mail service you might want to try is Gmail at http://gmail.com.

Author : Email
© Caryl Bigenho 2008
Modifications:
Morgan Collett 2008
Tom Boyle 2008

License : General Public License

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