Creating an email account

Creating your own electronic letter system, or 'email'

To create an email account is a relatively straightforward process.  We will use a free email service called 'gmail' as our example of provider that allows you to make your own email account.  Before you begin this process, have your username and password ready.

The first thing to do is to access the 'login - or 'sign in page' via google.  Type 'gmail login' in the search box and the gmail login page will appear.

When this page is 'live' (you will see a blinking cursor in one of the boxes), in the top right corner of the page is a box with 'Create an account'.  Click once on the left side of the mouse.

A new page will appear.  It is headed 'Create a new Google account'.  Enter the requested information (ie, personal details, username, etc), moving from one box to the next by a single tap on the 'Tab' key.  One the requested pieces of information is your mobile phone number: Google (the owner of gmail) says this is for security purposes.

When you have finished entering all the required information, click on 'next step'.

A new page will tell you that your gmail account has been created.  Click on 'continue' to enter your new email account and now you can start sending and receiving email.