Email addresses do we need to setup new ones?

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Email addresses do we need to setup new ones?; Email contact
Topic Started: 22 May 2007, 08:57 AM (948 Views)
Chapmans	22 May 2007, 08:57 AM Post #1
Addicted Member Posts: 200 Group: Members Member #1,083 Joined: 8 January 2007 Migration Status Permanent Resident	We currently have a btinternet email address which is web based as well as pop3. Does anyone know when we cancel the bt line before we leave the UK can we still use the btinternet email address until we set up a new in Oz or do they cancel it when you stop paying the line rental? Really don't want to speak to Indian call centre again!! Thanks Sharon PS what did everyone else do?



fred_the_red	22 May 2007, 09:35 AM Post #2
Posts: 623 Group: Moderators Member #60 Joined: 13 September 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Mood Slightly Warm	Hi Sharon, Think it very much depends on the provider. In our case, I had two email accounts in the UK - a Blueyonder (Telewest Cable Co) and Freeserve. The moment we cancelled our cable TV (which also included broadband) we lost our email accounts, complete with all emails in them :angry: . However, the Freeserve account was still available via Web Mail so long as I logged in at least once every 60 or 90 days. I would recommend getting an account here and/or creating a 'global' email account such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc. Cheers, Simon



dom&toni	22 May 2007, 11:21 AM Post #3
Addicted Member Posts: 271 Group: Members Member #1,002 Joined: 14 November 2006	Hi We had a Tiscali broadband account with email that you could access from their website but that was closed when we cancelled the broadband (luckily realised just in time), so I would recommend transferring anything you want to keep, all you contacts etc and setting up a new address. Dom



scott&lisa	22 May 2007, 02:53 PM Post #4
Addicted Member Posts: 310 Group: Members Member #965 Joined: 20 October 2006 Migration Status Permanent Resident My Location Wild West	We had two email addresses - one with NTL who supplied our broadband and one with Virgin (who we used for dial up before we got broadband) - we still receive emails on both addresses - NTL was cancelled 10 months ago and virgin was cancelled a few years ago!! Lisa :waving:



bigAPE	22 May 2007, 03:19 PM Post #5
Administrator Posts: 4,286 Group: Admin Member #1,299 Joined: 6 April 2007 Migration Status Citizen My Location Hampton, Victoria	Greetings Chapmans, The answer kind of relates to your planned activities. Are you intending on staying in Australia permanently or might you eventually move home or move on elsewhere ? Quick and Simple Solution - GMail Open a Google GMail Account which will provide you with secure email, loads of space as well as Web and POP3 access for use with Outlook and other Email clients. Simple to setup, permanent and won't cause you problems when you move about between suppliers/ISPs and/or countries. Other More Permanent Solutions You might want to consider setting up a proper independent email and/or service from a supplier like GoDaddy.com. There are several vendors out there offering these services and they are usually quite reliable. Tips Don't rely on your ISP to provide you with an email address/account. These are specific to your contract and won't transfer. Make sure you get an independent account which you use on a daily basis, even if it's GMail or Hotmail. You may well be forced to send email using your chosen ISP (as is the case with Telstra), but your are not restricted receiving email from anywhere. Don't be stuffed with silly addresses like jackrabbit28@gmail.com or rt2590a@useless.btinternet.net, get yourself an independent account and setup a domain called whateveryouwant.com then get yourself an email account like youname@whateveryouwant.com Simple and easy with people like GoDaddy Hope that helps



DollyDaydream	22 May 2007, 06:35 PM Post #6
Settled Member Posts: 249 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: 9 September 2004 Migration Status Permanent Resident My Mood Chipper My Location Frankston South	We've got Pipex, hotmail and gmail accounts. We'll of course loose the Pipex accounts but I've already transferred the address book over to my gmail/hotmail accounts so they won't get deleted when we cancel pipex!! D D



fraser	22 May 2007, 06:37 PM Post #7
Legend Posts: 2,082 Group: Members Member #269 Joined: 11 May 2005	DollyDaydream May 22 2007, 06:35 PM We've got Pipex, hotmail and gmail accounts. We'll of course loose the Pipex accounts but I've already transferred the address book over to my gmail/hotmail accounts so they won't get deleted when we cancel pipex!! D D You're going to miss pipex when you get here. I had that much better than anything here.



Chapmans	22 May 2007, 11:35 PM Post #8
Addicted Member Posts: 200 Group: Members Member #1,083 Joined: 8 January 2007 Migration Status Permanent Resident	Thanks for the info - another thing to the ever growing list of things to do. Cheers Sharon



znaylor1974	13 Jun 2007, 02:21 AM Post #9
Newbie Posts: 6 Group: Members Member #1,413 Joined: 14 May 2007	Chapmans May 22 2007, 11:35 PM Thanks for the info - another thing to the ever growing list of things to do. Cheers Sharon Hi, Just to confirm you will lose your email account. GMail is excellent and gives you about 3 GB of storage. You can email yourself copies of important documents (scanned driving licenses, references etc). Its also free, and can be accessed from anywhere with internet access. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: However, you need to recieve an invite for a GMail account. If anyone wants an invite let me know and I'll be happy to forward one. Regards, Zach



ozdreamer	13 Jun 2007, 06:35 AM Post #10
Member Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #1,315 Joined: 11 April 2007 Migration Status Permanent Resident My Location Wantirna South, Vic	Hi You don't need to have an invite to get GMail anymore - if you follow this link you can set up an account: http://mail.google.com/mail/signup Hope this helps :thumbsup: Amanda



Gordy	26 Aug 2007, 12:48 AM Post #11
Addicted Member Posts: 428 Group: Members Member #1,571 Joined: 26 July 2007	Thanks Amanda, have set up a GMail account.....This was something i was really wondering about and it has now been answered...... Gordy


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