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Internet E-Mail Sites Basics - Tutorials
Learn the Net:  Attend surf school. Learn about the net, email, search tools and more.
About.com: About.com is a great source for computer basics and more. There is also an informative section on viruses.
Secrets of Computers offers tips & techniques for beginners.
Jan’s Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 comes from a college professor and has lots of illustrations.
Seniors Can, from Canada, offers a basic training module on computers. Includes a glossary.

Virus Protection Sources and Privacy Information Sites
McAfee is virus protection software and can be purchased online. Current subscribers can download updates or set the program for auto-update.
Symantec Symantec, from Norton, is also a virus protection program that can be purchased online. Current subscribers can download updates or set the program for auto-update.
AVG is a new virus protection choice. They offer a free home version with less features. Click on products, choose free home version. Offers auto update.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse offers practical advice.
Privacy on the Net has information on Internet privacy issues.
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is a nonprofit group. Check the site for more info.
SpamCop offers information on spam and how to prevent it.
SpamBuster offers a free and cost version. It requires a POP3 email account such as provided from a local internet service provider and does not support proprietary email such as AOL , Compuserve, MSN, Juno, or web-based mail accounts such as Yahoo, or Hotmail.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an industry association focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing and email spoofing.
Hoaxbuster, from the government, is the CIAC Internet Hoax and Chain Letter pages. In addition to describing hoaxes and chain letters found on the Internet, learn how to recognize and get rid of them.

Free E-Mail Sources
Free Email Providers Guide lists free email providers and does a good job of explaining email.
Go.com can be reached from the search engine page.
Hotmail was one of the first web-based email sites; spam might be a problem.
Yahoo email is one of the best.
Google now offers free g-mail.
Juno get email even if you don't have the Internet.

Instant Messaging Sources
MSN Messenger. Free instant messaging system. Also offers a Macintosh version
AOL Instant Messenger is available for free no matter who your ISP is.
Yahoo! Messenger is also free and easy to use.

E-Mail Directories
Yahoo people search. One of the largest and most comprehensive.
Ultimate e-mail directory has a form to search acros the six major e-mail directories on the web.
Bigfoot claims to have over 8 million addresses.
Internet Address Finder also claims to be the world’s largest directory of e-mail addresses.

E-Greetings
123 Greetings eliminates the need to remember those important dates.
Blue Mountain Arts has lots of musically enhanced cards for every occasion.

"Netiquette" Sites

 
The Core Rules of Netiquette is an online book.
Dear Emily Postnews is amusing and useful.
Short Primer on Netiquette is "proper".
I Will Follow net etiquette.
Beginner’s Guide to Effective E-mail tutorials
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