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Free E-mail services

Here are the categories:

* - poor ** - okay *** - good **** - excellent

  Simplicity of setup, speed, simplicity of operation, and flexibility

           Setup        Speed       Operation       Flexibility

Hotmail    **           *           ****            ****
Supernews  ****         ****        **              **
Rocketmail ***          ****        ***             ***
NetAddress **           **          ***             *
Yahoo      ***          ***         *               *
GoPlay     ****         ***         **              *
StarMail   ***          ****        **              ***
WBS        *            ***         **              *

Comments: I would recommend Supernews because of it's quick setup and it's
          speed.  I ran accross it recently, and was immediatly surprised by
          it's simple set up.  All I had to do was fill in my name, my age,
          my username and my password.  As a matter of fact, the only thing it
          really required was my username and password.  I haven't seen
          a setup that simple in my life.  Also, when I checked my e-mail, it
          jumped right into my mailbox, faster than any other provider has
          that I've seen.  When I sent a message, it was in another mailbox of
          mine in seconds.  It's overall a good choice.  The only draw back is
          it's limited configuration, but if that's not your main concern, then
          I recommend it.


Free Webpages

Here are the categories:

* - poor ** - okay *** - good **** - excellent

    Speed, Space provided, FTP capabilities, CGI access, FileManager, Setup

            Speed        Space       FTP       CGI      FileManager      Setup

Tripod      ***          5mb         Yes       No       Yes              ****
Geocities   ***          6mb         No        No       Yes              **
FortuneCity ***          10mb        Yes       No       Yes              **
HyperMart   ****         10mb        Yes       Yes      No               **
AngelFire   *            5mb         No        No       Yes              ***
ExPage      ***          1 Page      No        No       Yes(easy!!)      ****
WBS         **           1 Page      No        No       Yes              **
CrossWinds  1/2          Unlimited   Yes       No       No               **
ProHosting  ***          10mb        Yes       No       No               ***
Spree       ***          Unlimited   Yes       No       No               ***
NetTaxi     ***          3mb         Yes       No       Yes              **

Comments: I recently(like yesterday) found Spree.com.  It's amazing: It gives Unlimited webpage space,
          the ability to use directories, and it's fast, too!  I have up here Crosswinds, which is also
          unlimited space and free, but it runs incredibly slow about 90% of the time.  Spree.com,
          however is fast just about all the time, and it's got a easy-to-use filemanager.  Check it
          out, it's amazing!

Free BackGround providers

Here are the categories:

* - poor ** - okay *** - good **** - excellent

    Seamsless, Abundance of backgrounds, GIF, JPG, Simplicity of Download

                   Seamsless       Abundance      GIF    JPG    Simplicity

Infinite Fish      Yes             ****           No     Yes    ****
Generic Site       Some            **             No     Yes    ***
Web Time Tools     Yes             ***            No     Yes    ***


Comments: InfiniteFish has been my choice for quite some time.  He has
          almost 200 textures online, and some of them are KILLER.  They're
          all in high quality JPG, awesome.  This guy's no ameture.  All of the
          textures are seamsless, too, and work wonders.  All of the backgrounds
          on these pages are from InfiniteFish.  ;)  Web Time Tools is a nice
          place to go to, too, though.  They have links to just about any type
          of recources on the net you would want.

Comming soon:

List of free animated gif providers
List of free JavaScript/Java Applet providers
...and more!