West Midlands Region

Gmail

You may wish to create an email account, e.g. to separate the email you use for u3a, from your private email.
If you are, for example, Chair of a u3a branch then your successor could take over the generic email account so that there is no confusion or loss of communication.
There are many free email services, all very similar. Here we focus on Google Mail, or gmail.

Create an account
To create an account follow the steps shown in the LINK document.

Using gmail
The document attached under LINK, gives a summary of the main gmail features. There's a link to a YouTube video.

Generic email
Here we describe how to create a generic email account. We also explain how to auto-forward the generic email to your private email account so that you don't have to monitor 2 email accounts.