[Web4lib] Your preferred web-based e-mail site

[Wright, Jen]

I'll state the obvious: Gmail.  
It doesn't require understanding folders or too many tough concepts.  
It doesn't require you to have an email address to sign up for an email
address.  
The inbox size is HUGE.
The text resizes easily.
It is easy to find your spam folder.
Best search functions of the web based email programs.

I'm sure others will add more.

-Jen

Jennifer R Wright
Electronic/Digital Resources Coordinator
Free Library of Philadelphia
215.686.2874
www.library.phila.gov

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Gillian Wiseman
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:30 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Your preferred web-based e-mail site

I teach library patrons how to use e-mail. I've been teaching Yahoo mail
for years, but their sign-up process is difficult - for example, finding
a username that isn't already in use is a really time-consuming process
- and wading through all the "new features" pages and the "set up your
own webpage" pages, etc... can be confusing to new users.

I'm looking for suggestions for web-based mail that would be easy to
have patrons sign up for, are reliable, and have enough similarity to
yahoo/outlook/other e-mail programs that people can transfer what they
learn when they later want to use other tools.

Most of my patrons are seniors or other new computer users who are
easily confused by complexity and obscurity as well as computer
terminology, so if there's a super simple or super basic site, that
would be my first choice.

If you want to reply to me privately, I'll report my results to the
list.

Gillian Wiseman
Electronic Resources Librarian
Waco-McLennan County Library
(254)750-5944
gwiseman at ci.waco.tx.us

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