Gmail+Account

=Setting up your Gmail Account=

The following information will take you through the process of establishing a web based email account with Google using Gmail. This account will provide you with access to an email account you can access anywhere in the world, this account will also provide you with some of the following additional benefits:
 * Access to other Google services
 * Enable you to use this account as a secondary email address where you can use this account to get access to software information and other details without having to worry about get spam in your main email account
 * The capacity to forward your Gmail email account to another email address (either work or home)
 * Ability to sign up for Web 2.0 services anywhere and access a web based email to authorise and account establishment requirements
 * An additional benefit is to use this Gmail account as your main home email so that you can move from [|ISP] to [|ISP] without the need to worry about changing your email address and notifying friends, relatives or other parties.

Step 1-One:
Go to Google by entering the following address in a web browser: http://www.google.com.au (For Australian users), once at Google click on the more option as shown in the image below:

You will then see the following screen - in this window click on the "**Gmail**" link as highlighted:



You then need to click on the link "**Sign up for Gmail**" as highlighted in the next image:



Step 2-Two:
The next part of the process is to fill in all the required details. **Note**: you do not need to supply Google with another secondary email account if you do not want to, this is important for those people that do not want to share their main email account, alternatively it is wise to remember that if for any reason their are issues with your account and you can not access it then you have no secondary email address that Google can send your details too.



Once you have filled in the details and have accepted Google's terms and conditions you will have access to your web based mail account - remember to record your username and password and your new email address **"username**@gmail.com"

You now have a Gmail account and have an access account to other Google services.


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