Changing ISP, what happens with e-mail account?

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Chr!s
09/01/2008 at 09:14
Does it get shut down completely? If so do you have to change your whole online life to your new e-mail addy?
danowat
09/01/2008 at 09:16
If the email address is specific to that ISP, i.e. if you had BT, and you have a BT email address, then yes, it goes if you change to a different ISP.

They do keep them going for a bit, but it will go eventually.

It's a good reason why you should use a non-specific email address, like hotmail or gmail, you can use it regardless of who your ISP is.
Taipan
09/01/2008 at 09:17
We moved from Tiscali to Sky over a year ago. On my daughters laptop I left outlook set up to my old tiscali a/c as i dont use it for emailing. I went on her laptop other day looking for a mates email address and outlook downloaded 70 odd messages from tiscali! But i couldn't reply to any of them via the tiscali a/c?

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Ernie Cooley
09/01/2008 at 09:17
danowat wrote
If the email address is specific to that ISP, i.e. if you had BT, and you have a BT email address, then yes, it goes if you change to a different ISP.

They do keep them going for a bit, but it will go eventually.

It's a good reason why you should use a non-specific email address, like hotmail or gmail, you can use it regardless of who your ISP is.


If you are with BT, you can call them up and request to keep the email address, it will cost you something like £3-4 a month.
Mikey
09/01/2008 at 09:26
Ive had my own domain for a few years, which costs a few pounds per year. This service includes e-mail forwarding, so that I can have mail to any address @mydomain.co.uk forwarded to whatever ISP e-mail account I'm using at the time.

Not only can I switch ISP without losing my address, by having a random e-mail address with my ISP such as ajeuvhyaak@btinternet.com I have almost eliminated any spam too.
Chr!s
09/01/2008 at 09:30
As I can see it being a right pain, as I'm registered on so many sites, forums/shops etc, all linked in with my current ISP E-mail.

If i was to change I would have no way of finding out the password etc in the future.
fulltilt
09/01/2008 at 09:32
Taipan wrote
We moved from Tiscali to Sky over a year ago. On my daughters laptop I left outlook set up to my old tiscali a/c as i dont use it for emailing. I went on her laptop other day looking for a mates email address and outlook downloaded 70 odd messages from tiscali! But i couldn't reply to any of them via the tiscali a/c?


You have been added to the ISPAB (the ISP Associated Blacklist) for failing to cancel each of your old email accounts in writing after switching ISPs. Effectively you're now stuck with Sky, no other ISP will touch you if you want to transfer.

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Ernie Cooley
09/01/2008 at 09:33
Taipan wrote
We moved from Tiscali to Sky over a year ago. On my daughters laptop I left outlook set up to my old tiscali a/c as i dont use it for emailing. I went on her laptop other day looking for a mates email address and outlook downloaded 70 odd messages from tiscali! But i couldn't reply to any of them via the tiscali a/c?


If you set up the outgoing mail server (smtp) to be the Sky one instead of Tiscali, it should work
Clanktank
09/01/2008 at 09:37
I use a email fowarding site at bigfoot.com. Everyone sends their mail to me@bigfoot.com and it gets forwarded to whatever real email address I have at the time. I've used it for years now with no problems, and everybody knows if they send it to that address it'll get to me. (it's free as well).


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echus
09/01/2008 at 10:07
Depending on the ISP they might delete the account but most have restrictions in place that you can only send E-mail using their servers from within their IP space.

Persoanlly I'd start using something like gmail which is independent of your ISP and you'll never need to change. Partly gmail cos you can use IMAP with their service
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Mad Liz
09/01/2008 at 10:21
Ernie Cooley wrote
If you are with BT, you can call them up and request to keep the email address, it will cost you something like £3-4 a month.


Also, if you are moving to BT, you should be able to bring your e-mail addy with you (I did).
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syd
09/01/2008 at 10:42
Firstly , if you have a broadband account , ask the ISP to change the account to a dial up PAYG account . Once you get the new broadband set up , change the outgoing (SMTP ) server to the new ISP one , and bobs your uncle , you can continue using the same email address . You dont have to change the incoming mail servers at all , but the outgoing ones wont allow cross ISP use.
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Danny_Two
09/01/2008 at 10:44
Ive still got my original virgin.net email accounts, stoped subscribing to vigin years ago but the email is still fine.
rolfe66
09/01/2008 at 10:48
Chr!s wrote
As I can see it being a right pain, as I'm registered on so many sites, forums/shops etc, all linked in with my current ISP E-mail.

If i was to change I would have no way of finding out the password etc in the future.


change them all now and use a hotmail account.
go_slow
09/01/2008 at 10:51
syd wrote
Firstly , if you have a broadband account , ask the ISP to change the account to a dial up PAYG account . Once you get the new broadband set up , change the outgoing (SMTP ) server to the new ISP one , and bobs your uncle , you can continue using the same email address . You dont have to change the incoming mail servers at all , but the outgoing ones wont allow cross ISP use.


What he said, thats what I did when I switched from BT. All I need to do is use the PAYG connection once every 90 days. Cheap as chips way of keeping the email addresses till you can get round to changing them.
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