Posted by Brian Cryer on 11/13/06 10:40

"David Graham" <david.graham18@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:N3X5h.4966$371.770@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
> Hi
> Never had any cause to use webmail - always been pop3 via Outlook Express.
> I
> have had a couple of contacts that are ending in @aol.com and another guy
> who verbally gave me his details which I scribbled down on some scrap
> paper,
> I think he said there was no @ in his email address because it is internet
> based, it just ends in msn.com
>
> 1. Is the first email address above webmail? - it doesn't get through
> using
> Outlook Express
> 2. Do I have to sign up somewhere with msn in order to email the second
> address above and then do I do it via any browser?
> 3. If I sign up with msn do I then have the ability to email any type of
> webmail? (incl. Hotmail, Yahoo, etc)

I've never seen an email address without an @ in it. Nor do I think this
could ever be valid - because the @ symbol separates the domain from the
username (username@domain). Without the @ symbol no email system would know
where to send the email.

What the chap probably meant is that he didn't know his email address. If
you work in an office and use exchange then internal emails are normally
sent with just the username specified. If he uses a web-mail account then
this might be just an extension to an office system and he doesn't know his
real email address. If you have his contact details (phone number for
instance) then ask him to email you - that way you will get his correct
email.

The other possibility is that he didn't know how to pronounce "@" - its
pronounced "at". If his email ends with "msn.com" then I suspect (but I
don't have an msn address so someone can correct me if I'm wrong) that this
email is something@msn.com. Hopefully from that you can make an educated
guess.

Hope this helps.
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Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian

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