Compaq Presario,Presario 1211 Supplementary Manual page 71

Check with your Internet
Service Provider for details
about the e-mail service they
provide.
A form of mail delivered over the Internet is e-mail. It is like
a paperless letter that goes directly from one computer to
another. To get e-mail, both the sender and recipient must
have e-mail accounts. Your ISP is one possible provider of an
e-mail account.