The information can be viewed at home as well as libraries. An e-mail address can be obtained by filling out a form available at every library. The form is sent to Tampa, where volunteers activate the address within a month. Users must retain their ID and password. There is no notification that a user has been registered.
Users can find out for themselves by logging on to the system.
Addresses that go unused for a year are purged from the system. In the last few years, the Free-Net has had a steady number of about 10,000 registered users. Yaco is one of the more frequent users, sometimes checking her mail up to four times a day. It has really changed my life entirely. I used to have to fight just to get a typewriter.