The value of electronic mail in both corporate and personal domains is increasing. Email is cheaper and faster than a letter, less intrusive than a phone call, less hassle than a FAX. Using email, differences in location and time zone are less of an obstacle to communication. There is also evidence that email leads to a more egalitarian information structure.
Because of these advantages, email use is exploding. Adjusting your communication styles to this new medium will ehance your professional image to your customers base.
Choose an email name for your new website.
If your web site were going to be www.phillyflowers.com, your email address might be betty@phillyflowers.com.
Choose a password for your email address. Any five digits or greater password will do.
Email is sent, received and controlled by an online providers email server (a computer hard drive setup specifically to handle email). Many of the issuers of email addresses will not allow you to use other email addresses on their servers. So you may need new software to manage your email accounts. We recommend Eudora. It is free!
When setting up your email account, follow these guidelines.
On accounts set up after December 1, 2001,
the Login Name is now the entire email address.
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