I need help setting up a mail account

I have had a mac for a while and I am trying to set up an email account with mail. I click on the postage stamp and then I try to type in a username and password and it says mail.mac.com has failed and wont let me set up anything...Does anybody have a step by step instruction that could help me set one up....Also do you have to pay for the mail service? or is it like yahoo or Aol who offer free mail?

Hi,
Yes, .mac & .me are pay only, but if you don't have any email then I suggest a gMail account for free...
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et_gmailosxmail.htm

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