Connecting to the Web - Free
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Connecting to the Web - Free
Services
Email, Imail, Communities,
NETConferencing
& Internet Phone Service
Free Email
Services
Free email addresses, some with mail forwarding, & other bells & whistles. MailCity allows collection of email from a number of different addresses all at one time. Juno is a very clean and simple system for beginners, it requires downloading software. Yahoo, Bigfoot, ExciteMail & Hotmail have lots of bells & whistles. Infoseek and other major search engines are also offering email, imail & conferencing services.
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Free
Virtual Communities
Free virtual communities with their own free email, homepage, chat, special interest groups, news services & more. Join a Geocities neighborhood in a virtual city -- the city and neighborhood you choose links you up with people of similar tastes or interests -- Paris is the city of romance, the left bank neighborhood a hang out for artists & savants. The Globe is a modernistic virtual community. There are other communities springing up all the time on the web, these are two old favorites to get started with.
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Free Instant
Messaging & NETConferencing
These services provide software & support for instant messages ["im's"] -- allowing you to talk directly with another user -- no matter where they are -- for free. Geocities, the Globe, Netscape, Infoseek, Yahoo and others also offer free conferencing & chat room services which allow more than two people to talk ["chat"] directly [in "real time"].
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ICQ is a great "instant message" service
Chat -
Chat room services are available at a number of communities
Free Internet Phone Service
Free phone calls from computer to computer, you'll need a microphone and the free software
Messenger Service - call computer to computer
and talk for free
FireTalk is another free Internet phone service
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