Laurie Miles wrote:
> I'm also with Pipex Dial** - been with them since 1995.
> Unfortunately there is no way to keep my e-mail address
> without paying a Pipex Dial subscription (I've enquired only
> recently about this).
At £84.60 per annum, it's not cripplingly expensive, and does have the
advantage of a dial-up account you can use when away from home and can't
piggy-back on next-door's wireless broadband connection!
> I know that many people are happy to
> change their e-mail addresses frequently, but I am signed up
> to far too many sites with my [log in to unmask]
> address to be bothered to change the address with everyone.
I've kept my [log in to unmask], but send all my mail using
[log in to unmask], in the hope that if I eventually decide to stop using the
Pipex Dial address no-one will be using it but the spammers.
>
> Has anyone else managed/wanted to keep an old e-mail address
> when migrating from an ISP?
>
> Another question purely to be nosey - how many active
> (accessed daily) personal e-mail addresses do listers have? I
> have four, which most people I talk to seem to think is
> excessive, but I suspect I will be eclipsed by other list members...
Four, namely Pipex broadband, Pipex dial, gmail and nhs.net. These are all
picked up automatically by Outlook (using an imap connection for nhs.net).
It occurs to me that it isn't such a bad idea to keep a relatively cheap
dial-up account, and use that as your personal e-mail address. That way you
can switch between broadband ISPs as often as you want, without the
inconvenience of having to tell all your friends you've changed your e-mail
address yet again.
Michael
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