What is the e-mail address and how to create it?

Strangely enough, even in our time of high technologies one can hear such a question: "What is the e-mail address?". Usually it is asked by people who have just started their acquaintance with the computer and the Internet. And if children and adolescents quickly find a way out of the situation, then it's much harder for adults to explain this. Another question that users might have is "How to create an email?". As you can see, the questions are easy, but how is it right and clear to answer them?

Let's try in a simple and accessible form to explain what an email address is.

It's best to do this by drawing parallels between a regular mailbox and a virtual mailbox. It's not a secret for anyone that letters, parcels, and newspapers are sent to the postal address. In the real world, this city, street, house number and apartment. In the virtual, everything is much simpler. By registering on the website that provides the mailbox service, you receive your address. Often this word or a set of letters and numbers - it all depends on your imagination and login on the network.

Having received such an address, you can inform his friends, subscribe to news on various sites.

So, what is an e-mail address, we found out. Now let's see what it consists of. For example, take this email address: 123 @ xx. The first part of the email - 123 - is your login, or the so- called username on the site where you registered the mail. The second part - xx - directly the address of the site on which your mailbox is registered. And the @ symbol, popularly known as "doggy", means that this line is just the mailing address.

As you can see, everything is quite simple and understandable. Of course, there may also be a question: "How to create an e-mail address?".

In order to do this, you need, first, select the site on which you will get this mail. It can be Mile.ru, Yandex, Meta.yu, Google and other sites that provide free services of this kind. The main thing is that you like the site, and it was convenient for you to work with it.

Then you should select the login, that is, the first part of your address. It can be your initials and surname, name, nickname, whatever. If only you liked and remembered easily. In addition, you need to determine the password. It is desirable that it be reliable, but at the same time you do not forget it. Usually on sites advised to use in the password not only words or letters, but numbers. We do not recommend you to think up a password that is too long, it threatens with constant problems when entering it. Then you should register on the site under the chosen login. Immediately after registration you will be offered to activate the mailbox. As you can see, nothing is complicated in this.

Why do I need an email address? To communicate with friends, register on other sites, online stores, social networks.

Quite often the e-mail address is required to be specified in the resume, and it is necessary for the device to work. And if it's connected to the Internet, then you definitely need to get an email, or even one.

Well, now you know what an email address is, and what it's for. We hope that after reading our article, you will not have any difficulties with answering the question about what an email is.