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   Open up your Internet browser window and search for 'mail.com' using either a search engine you currently use or you can access Google's search engine. Enter in 'mail.com' into the search query, press return, and you should be provided with Mail.com's information. Select Google's hyperlink to Mail.com to access their website.

   Upon entering Mail.com select the green 'sign up now button'. This will direct you to mail.com's sign up page. If you do not see the green 'sign up now' button don't panic. The search engine has just directed you to Mail.com's news and events page. Select the 'email' option in the main menu, which is located at the top left of the page just below Mail.com's main logo.

   You are now at the sign-up page where you will need to provide basic information to create the email account. You will need to think up a email address and a domain name, provide a password you can remember, select a security question from a drop down list and finally verify that you are human by entering in a displayed registration code.

   The first part is simple. Provide a first and last name you want to use, gender, date of birth and country you reside. Please note that you will not be forwarding any mail to your existing email accounts due to the fact that Mail.com does not know your other email addresses. This keeps Mail.com and Google+ spam away from your main email accounts.

   Now it's time to enter in an email address and select a domain from the dropdown menu. You will then need a password that is at least 8 characters in length. Next, leave out the contact email so you can avoid spam. Now you need to select your security question from the drop down menu and then provide an answer you can remember at a future date.

   We are almost done. You just need to fill out the security question by entering in the code you see in the graphics above the query. Before you accept and create the account I strongly recommend that you save the information you entered for future reference. We have provided a form for this which you are free to use, if you wish.

   The one-time welcome page will display your email address, your account number, security question and date of birth. Again, take note of the email address because you will need it when you log on again. Select the green 'continue to inbox' button to enter your email accounts main page. Have a look around and then select the top left, log out icon to log out of mail.com. You now can close your browser and move on to step 8.

   Open your web browser and bring up the search engine you use last time. Find mail.com and select the hyperlink provided by the search to access their webpage. Depending on the page presented you either will have a email and password login box at the top right or a log-in button by itself. If you see that button by itself, press it so you can move on to the login page.

   Enter in your email address and password and hit the login button. If all goes well you should log back in to your email account page that we covered in step 7. Take note that you will be faced with a pop-up screen every time you log on. This is due to the fact that you are using this service for free. Close the pop-up and begin looking around.

  Now that we know that the email address is active and the password works we should begin exploring around to get our bearings. Find and select the Email tab that is located either on the left sidebar or horizontal tab menu. You will then be presented with a list of your current inbox mail messages. If you want to read an email, double click on the summary provided to expand the emails presentation.

  We now are going to learn how to delete email messages. Select the one and only message that is in your inbox folder and note that the checkbox selector is now marked.  You will be presented with a list of options ranging from replying to the email to moving the email to another folder. With the checkbox still checked, select delete to move the introductory message to the trash.

  You will be needing this email address for the time-being to communicate with Google, but, if in the future you want to delete this email account, here are the required steps.

  First you will need to find and select the Settings menu option which is represented by a wrench icon located on the top right of your mail.com web page.

  The settings popup will now open and provide you with a graphical list of options at the top. Select the 'my account' icon, represented by the yellow mailbox icon, on the top menu. This will provide you with a page where you can change your personal email information. Now choose from the side menu, 'Account Details' and then scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will see the delete account option.

  When you select the 'delete your account now' hyperlink, a pop up will appear asking you for your email password, a reason for the deletion and optional feedback. When you press the delete account button after filling out the form you will be warned with one last pop up and if you agree...the email account will be deleted.

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Here is a form to help you with the creation of your Mail.com account :
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Simply save the PDF file to a directory of your choice and then open up the saved file with a PDF Reader. You can then fill out the form and save the information for future reference. If you are in need of a PDF reader, Adobe provides one for free and it can be downloaded here: Adobe Reader XI