How to Send an Email

This article provides a guide on how to choose the right email service and set up a personal account. After setting up your email account, you can send emails to other people's addresses.

Select an email service provider. Nowadays, there are many email service providers available, most of which offer free registration and usage. However, the three most popular ones are:

• Gmail — Google’s email service. After registering for Gmail, you will also get a Google account, which is useful for YouTube and other major social networks.
• Outlook — Microsoft’s email service. Some Microsoft services require an Outlook account, such as Microsoft Word (or Office 365), Windows 10, Skype, and Xbox LIVE.
• Yahoo — Yahoo is a basic email provider with unique features, such as displaying news in the inbox and offering 1 terabyte of online storage.
• All three of the above email service providers offer free mobile apps for smartphones. These apps allow you to send and receive emails on your smartphone via your preferred email service provider.

Visit the email service provider's website. The website addresses for each provider are as follows:

• Gmail — https://www.gmail.com/
• Outlook — https://www.outlook.com/
• Yahoo — https://www.yahoo.com/

Click on the "Sign Up" button. This may also appear as "Create an Account" or similar, typically located at the top right of the email provider's page.

• If you're on Yahoo's homepage, you'll need to click on Sign in first, and then click Sign up at the bottom of the "Sign In" page.

Fill in your details. While you may be asked for additional information, email providers typically ask for the following:

• Your full name
• Your phone number
• The email address you'd like to create
• A password
• Your date of birth

Complete the registration process. In some cases, you might need to verify your identity via phone (as with Yahoo), but other providers may only ask you to prove you're not a robot by ticking a box. Once you've completed registration, you can start sending emails.

Open Gmail. Access https://www.gmail.com/ through your web browser. This will open your Gmail inbox if you're already logged into your Gmail account.

• If you're not logged in, enter your email address and password when prompted to continue.

Click on the ＋Compose button at the top left of your inbox. A new window will appear on the right side of the page.

Enter the recipient's email address. Click in the "Recipients" field at the top of the newly opened window, then type the email address of the person you want to send the email to.

Enter a subject. Click on the "Subject" field, then type any text you'd like to use as the subject of your email.

• The subject is typically used to give the recipient an idea of the content of the email.

Write the email. Click in the area below the "Subject" field, then type the body of your email.

• You can highlight part of the email content and then click one of the formatting options (like B to make text bold) below the window.
• If you want to attach images or files to the email, click the paperclip icon or the "photos" icon below the window, then select an option.

Click on the Send button, located in the bottom left corner of the window, to send your email to the address you entered earlier.

Open Outlook. Visit https://www.outlook.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open your Outlook inbox if you're already signed in.

• If you're not signed in, click Sign in, then enter your email address and password when prompted.

Make sure you're using the beta version. You can do this by clicking the gray "Try the beta" slider in the top-right corner of the page.

• If you see a dark blue slider labeled "Beta", that means you're using the beta version.

Enter the recipient's email address. Click on the "To" field at the top of the new window, then type the email address you wish to send the message to.

Type the subject. Click on the "Add a subject" field, then type your desired subject.

• The subject is typically used to give the recipient a brief idea of the content of the email.

Write the email. Click on the box beneath the "Subject" field, then type your message.

• You can bold a part of the email by selecting the text and clicking the editing option (such as B to make text bold) below the window.
• If you wish to attach images or files, click the paperclip or "photos" icon below the window and then choose an option.

Open Yahoo by visiting https://mail.yahoo.com in your computer's web browser. This will open your Yahoo inbox if you are already logged in.

• If you are not logged in, enter your email address and password when prompted to continue.

Click on the Compose button at the top left corner of the page to open a new email window.

Enter the recipient's email address in the "To" field at the top of the email window, then type the email address you wish to send to.

Enter the subject. Click on the 'Subject' field and type the text you want to use as your email's subject.

• The subject is usually a brief description to give the recipient an idea of the email's content.

Compose the email. Click into the text box below the 'Subject' field and type your email's content.

• You can make parts of the email bold by selecting text and clicking a formatting option like B to bold it.
• If you wish to attach images or files, click the paperclip icon below the message box, then choose the file you want to attach.

Click the Send button at the bottom left corner of the window to send the email to the entered recipient.

Send an email via the Yahoo Mail app. If you have the Yahoo Mail app installed on your iPhone or Android device, you can send emails using the app:

• Open the Yahoo Mail app.
• Tap the pencil icon at the bottom right of the screen.
• Enter the recipient's email address in the 'To' field.
• Type the subject in the 'Subject' field.
• Enter the email content in the main text field.
• Attach images or files by tapping one of the icons below the email body.
• Tap Send to send the email.

• If the email is important, save a draft while composing. Gmail usually saves drafts automatically for you, but other email providers may not have this feature.
• Create two email addresses - one for work and one for personal use - so you can stay focused when checking your emails.

• Never say anything in an email that you wouldn't want to be made public. Remember that emails reflect both you and your personal brand.