Emailing and APN Public PCs 

• Web based emailing is supported - use Internet Explorer or Firefox to log on to your email provider's website (see list of popular webmail sites below*).
• APN does not provide access to email applications such as "Outlook Express" or "Thunderbird" from APN Public PCs
• APN does not support the use of non-standard network ports on our network
• APN does not suport the use of the "mailto" or "send to mail ..."  functions - you need to have a web based email account you can log onto to email from the APN Public PCs
• APN does not provide email accounts
• WiFi users see WiFi - restrictions

   

See our instruction on how to get a free Gmail account here. [pdf]

Or check out Wikipedia's comparison of webmail providers.

Here are links to some free email sites

• AOL Mail
• FastMail.fm
• Lavabit.com
• Lycos mail
• Gmail "Google Mail"
• GMX Mail
• Inbox.com
• Hotmail or Windows Live   
• Mail.com
• Yahoo! Mail

See also

Popular NZ web-based email sites

Email 

Hotmail

WiFi - restrictions