perhaps an answer to virtually free email

OK, nothing is every truly free (so far this blogger is the closest thing I've found). Many of the "free" email accounts out there are riddled with spam and unwanted visual advertising. This can be harmful and confusing to some of my students.

I have heard about Gmail - it's from Google. You need a cell phone number to get an account (they need it to send you a text message to activate your account and can open up to 10). There is no full color, blinking advertising, but there is some text advertising similar to what you see when you use Google to conduct searches. It may be worth checking into.

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