By: Dick Travis
Using the web to retrieve your email is a popular way to
get your email no matter where you might be.
Through the use of web services we can now keep current with our email
even when traveling or using a friend’s computer.
Email has become a
daily routine in many people’s lives. When access to your email is disrupted by travel, long getaway weekends
or just visiting with friends or relatives, we sometimes feel lost and frustrated
because we don’t have the ability to receive or send email messages to friends.
Most internet service providers have provided a FREE alternative
on the web to solve this problem.
For example, if you can get to a computer and access the
internet when you are out-of-town or at a friend’s home—you will be able to
read and reply to your email—just like you do at home. There are quite a few web services that provide
this service--the easiest is WEBMAIL.
Once you are on the internet, simply type in “webmail” followed
by your particular internet service provider into the address field of the
browser. A few examples would be “webmail.aol.com”
or “webmail.earthlink.net” or “webmail.cox.net” or “webmail.adnc.com”.
This will cause the browser to connect to your particular
internet service provider’s mail system, whereby you will simply enter your
“usercode” and “password”. From there
it is almost the same as being home. The
style and form of the screen may look slightly different from your home computer,
but all the functions are still available. Try it—you will be surprised how convenient
and easy it is.
There are other services such as MAIL2WEB which are similar
to WEBMAIL, but I have found that WEBMAIL works with almost every internet
service provider.
If you are already using a web-based email service such
as hotmail or yahoo, you do not have to use webmail to access your mail since
it is already web-based. The computer
you are using must have cookies and javascript enabled, but most computers
are set up this way as a default.
So, feel free to access your email anywhere, anytime
through the FREE services of MAILWEB and your internet service provider. Communication by email is another convenient
and fast service provided through the World Wide Web.