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Gruesome Dump 10:01 Wed Jul 10
Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

El thicko alert. Slight panic. Have cancelled phoneline and switched to another provider. Going to lose @btinternet.com email address which fucks me up a treat. They say I’ll lose the lot within 30 days.

Is there a way to keep it or seamlessly link to a new one so that all future emails come to me? It kind of buggers my business if not.

And yes, I’ve wiped my cock on the whole sordid situation but to no avail.

147man 10:09 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Cant you just put a forwarding rule to send them to another account?


I did this for the missus (cos she couldn't get her head around 2 email addresses) but I'll admit that both accounts are active whereas your BT one may not be


Actually thinking about it I used to have BT I'll see if my address is still valid

Hold on....

147man 10:13 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Hmmmmm - I got


Sorry
Your BT Mail address no longer exists but you can sign up to another one at any time in My BT.

Visit MyBT to sign up now.

General Choi 10:14 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/45901/~/setting-up-auto-forward-in-bt-mail

I moved from BT to Vodafone over a year ago and just set up auto-forwarding as described in the link.

Having said that, my @btinternet address is still fully operational despite them telling me it would end after a month.

East Auckland Hammer 10:43 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Looks like you have to pay to sign up for BT Premium Mail.

7.50 a month.

Mike Oxsaw 10:47 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Mate of mine binned AoL about 5 years ago and has gone through about 4 providers since then (he's an IT illiterate argumentative fucker with zero patience).

He's still got an AoL Email account/address though.

I'll ask him how he did it, but the answer is likely to be "fucked if I can remember".

I always though that you could take e-mail addresses with you when you change ISP, the same way as you can keep your old number when you switch mobile phone provider.

Ofcom probably has the answer.

East Auckland Hammer 10:50 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/59666/~/what-happens-to-my-email-address-when-my-bt-broadband-service-stops%3F

Gruesome Dump 10:50 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Cheers fellas. Checked the BT page and definitely says it’ll be dead after 30 days. All my business comes via that email so I’m in a minor shitstorm. Will try the ideas already suggested and see what happens.

Although would rather not leave it to pot luck whether it remains active!!

Cheezey Bell-End 11:17 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Now would be a good time to set up a new address and forward it to your contacts and update all your web pages/stationery.

Gruesome Dump 11:24 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Yeh I get that. Was just hoping some tech nerds could tell me how I could forward everything from a joe.bloggs@btinternet.com address to a new one (whatever my new provider is going to give me).

And even then, would it work if BT do as they say they will and just delete that original email addy? Can’t forward anything from a defunct email, right?

I hate change.

Gruesome Dump 11:36 Wed Jul 10
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General Choi 10:14 Wed Jul 10

That’s basically all I want to do. But two questions:

1) has it worked (how long since you switched provider?)

2) If, as BT say, my @btinternet.com address eventually gets killed off, presumably the forwarding thing won’t work??

On The Ball 11:42 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

£7.50 a month. There's no way you'll make that back. Just go back to writing messages on a wall in chalk.

Any Old Iron 11:42 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

I had to leave BT broadband when I moved to France nine years ago. To keep my BT email address (which was very important to me) I've had to pay ever since. The greedy cunts rip me off for £7.50 a month for something that others do for free.
One day I'll bite the bullet and dump the fuckers.

Mike Oxsaw 11:51 Wed Jul 10
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Better to get your own website/domain name - about 4 quid a month for the web site host and 10 quid a year for the domain name.

Won't help your current predicament but will prevent you being caught like this again in the future.

lincslink 12:20 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

I have Virgin phone line & Broadband but still btinternet address, no problems.

Gruesome Dump 12:24 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

On The Ball 11:42 Wed Jul 10

I’ll be honest, very happy to pay £7.50 a month to keep the address. The costs involved (and losses) in attempting to change are horrific.

Do you have a spastic-proof link telling me how I do this??

Iron Duke 12:28 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

How much did you save by changing provider?

scouse kid 12:33 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Old floppy would have been the man for this kind of thing

Nagel 12:39 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

If you know anyone who has an active BT account then they can add your email address to their account. They would need to know your email password but you can change that after it's sorted.

Keep dreaming 1:07 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

Why don't you make yourself a Gmail account, and import emails from that bt address?
I guess your 5 or 6 friend soon will remember your new email address

Alfs 1:49 Thu Jul 11
Re: Binning BT phoneline...any way of keeping email address?

I cancelled BT 18 months ago and my email account has been accessible up to about a month ago.

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