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There are an increasing number of free email services. Although you'll still need to connect to the Internet to check your email, you don't need to have your own computer or pay a monthly fee to have email. You could use a computer at your local library or at a friend's house. It's also easy to check your email from any computer connected to the Internet because there are fewer pieces of information you have to remember about your account.
However - there are also some limitations. Free email services may not allow you to send or receive attachments, or may have a fairly low limit on the size of attachments.
Why are these services free? They're not! SOMEONE is paying for them - it just isn't you. It's the advertisers, just as advertisers pay for the programs you watch on TV. When you have an account at one of these services, you will be looking at advertising; and advertisers often use information about customers to sell to other advertisers or target people for specific types of advertising.
If you are interested in this type of email service, you can do a search on the Internet for "free email" and get lists of free email services. Here is the address for one site that lists over 1000 free email services:
Here are some of the more popular free email services:
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