Need to find a place to set up a new e-mail account

[Badger]

I got a new computer today after my previous one died of old age Monday.  I want to open up an e-mail account, since I haven't had one since I change internet providers a couple of years ago (and didn't think to open up one there at the time)

 

Unfortunately finding a place to open up an account is impossible.  As I do not have an active one (which would mean I wouldn't need to open one) nor a mobile phone. I apparently one or both at every site I have tried.  (current internet provider, g-mail, yahoo)

[Badger]

well, I think I finally got one set up on my internet provider.  Gmail you are useless, if I have another email account then I wouldn't need to open one up on your site, idiot

[Cancer]

If you have a community college convenient and can afford a class just for fun, nearly all such situations will get you an email at a .edu address while you're enrolled without need for another email first, and you can leverage that to get others.  In principle that .edu address goes away after a while after you're no longer enrolled, but how quick that happens varies wildly. 

[Badger]

Thanks, though I think I finally did it right on my current internet provider (porbably should have opened one at the time, but when I had changed, I had been a month without internet, and an hour going through the installation process, so I just had had enough at that point.)

 

Edit: I do have a older cell phone, so if that counts as "mobile phone" I might go that route in an emergency.  I've never bothered to learn the number for it, since I only turn it on to make a call, and only carry it for emergency purposes.  The number is written down somewhere, I think

[Badger]

Yeah, seems I got that email account set up, I'll probably send a password reset from one of my lesser view websites I visit to see if it works later on when I feel like it.

[Badger]

hmm, that didn't work out at all. Hope I never forget my password here or I'll never be seen here again.  You'd think creating emails would get easier over the last decade instead of being harder to get than a Pentagon infiltration.

 

Edit: Nevermind, I didn't complete my registration. *smacks forehead*

[Old Man]

There’s also hotmail/outlook/live; I’m not sure if they require another email address to sign up. 

 

Note that many email password recovery functions or two factor authentication basically require that you be able to receive text messages on a mobile. 

[Badger]

Yeah, that's right, they did have to set up an outlook account for me at the store to put the programs on (anti-virus, Word/Excel).

 

Thanks, for helping me remember that, I'll make sure that I access that at least as a backup

 

Edit: I am merely computer functional instead of highly competent.  I merely accept that Technology's end game for me is my violent death.

[Old Man]

When it comes to technology, control is an illusion. 

[Cancer]

There are many, many nouns that could go in that sentence in place of the word "technology".  

[IndianaJoe3]

If you need a temporary email address you can use Guerrilla Mail.

[Badger]

well, I went with the outlook account, and it was working until today, and now (even though I hadn't touched any settings) suddenly wont accept incoming email.

[Cancer]

Empty you Clutter folder.