Find It! - Email

Email is one of the most popular things people do on the Internet. People use it to keep in touch with friends, family, and business associates around the world. To help get you started, we have provided links to free email providers, including specialized services for kids and international users, free email directories, information on netiquette, and books on email.  The email providers listed on this page are independent of Harris County Public Library.

Directories

Free Email Address Directory - http://www.emailaddresses.com/

Listings and reviews for hundreds of free email services.

Free Email Providers Guide - http://www.fepg.net/

Listings for over 1,000 free email providers with a search engine.

Netiquette

E-Mail Etiquette

Ten basic tips for effective email.

Email Etiquette

Offers advice on effective business email.

Netiquette Home Page

An overview of the rules of netiquette and a quiz.

Free Email Providers

Hotmail - http://www.hotmail.com

Offers 2 MB of storage, non-English languages, and spam protection.

Mail.com - http://www.mail.com/

Offers an easy to remember email address.

USA.com - http://mail.usa.com/

Offers several address choices including @usa.com, @houston.usa.com, and @texas.usa.com.

Yahoo Mail - http://mail.yahoo.com/

In addition to your email address, you get online storage and spam and virus protection.

Kids and Teens Email Providers

hbzMail - http://www.headbone.com/hbzmail/

Parents are notified when kids under 13 sign-up for email.

JuniorMail - http://www.juniormail.com/

Email service designed just for kids under 18.

International Email Providers

There are a number of services which offer email in languages other than English. Both Free Email Address Directory and Free Email Providers Guide offer lists of services in many languages if the following services do not fit your needs.

Asiamail - http://www.asiamail.com/

In English, traditional Chinese, and Korean.

Sina - http://home.sina.com/

In Chinese and English.

Terra - http://www.terra.com/

En Español.

Vol - http://vol.vnn.vn/

In Vietnamese and English.

YupiMSN - http://www.yupimsn.com/

En Español.