C&C First Decade multiplayer

Hi all...i'm Daniele from Italy.
I bought C&C First Decade 2 weeks ago,and now i would like to play some
multiplayer war over the Internet.
But in the old games (C&C and Red Alert) nothing appens if i press the
"internet" button in multiplayer menu.
Games like Renegade ask to register an user on Westwood Online: i've done
it,but che confirmation email doesn't arrive and the user is useless.
I want to play the old and original games,not that modern mess of
Generals...
Is it possible, or EA Games released this "collector's edition" without
providing an internet multiplayer support?

Thanks everyone for your help!

Daniele