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A bit Off Topic, but can anyone Help?

Dear All,

I want to 'Set Up' a Simple Email Account, for my Mother. I Don't need a Buisness Account, A Charity Account, a Marketting Account....or ANYTHING other than a 'Name@hotmail.co.uk' or 'Name@hotmail.com'. I'm NOT having much 'Luck'..... perhaps it's just ME.

So far Not much 'Doing'... apart from one Site that I had to Join, for Advice- fully Refundable, you understand. My own Account was 'Set Up' forme Many Years ago, now by an IT Tutor, of all people.

Can anyone Offer, my Mum....and Me, any advice Please?

Many Thanks

AndrewT

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thara96434 years ago

Gmail

Activity20044 years ago

Does your mom have WIFI set up for her phone/computer?

Agoodenough4 years ago

I use ymail which is yahoo mail never had any problems 🙂

Valsha4 years ago

You can’t create new hotmail accounts, but if you enter hotmail in your browser it will take you to Microsoft outlook, which has superseded it. There you can easily set up a free account.

AndrewT• in reply toValsha4 years ago

I'm not having much 'Luck' Valsha.... I Keep being asked a bout 'Domain' names, do I need these? Maybe I'm Stupid- yup that would be 'it'- but I just need an 'Email' for my mum.

AndrewT

mistressminny• in reply toAndrewT4 years ago

Did you try Gmail Andrew? It is really straightforward

daniellebrooks13• in reply tomistressminny4 years ago

hotmail is easier than gmail. I have both.

Valsha• in reply toAndrewT4 years ago

Actually I just had a look and you can choose either an outlook or hotmail account on the outlook site. There is a drop down menu.

This article talks you through it.

express.co.uk/life-style/sc...

Good luck

S11m4 years ago

Does she have a BT phone landline?

Talk to BT. (British Telecom)

Bingo884 years ago

Just Google Outlook and set 1 up from there Thats what I use

GhoundsReading Rabbits4 years ago

I'm a technical idiot but I managed to set up gmail accounts OK. You don't need a domain name. The difficulty is finding a username which isn't already taken! You might need to get a little creative although it should give you some suggestions once you get started. Also make sure you keep a note of the password...... I speak from experience here 🤔

RLN-overcomer4 years ago

Greetings I hope you got the account set up for your mom. I Google everything, but you can also call your local library, and they can give you step by step instructions on how to set an email account . I like Gmail, but there are quite a few others to choose from.

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