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Dial-Up to Broadband - can I keep my email address?

  • 04-08-2005 03:37PM
    #1
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm getting BT BB next week after suffering on Indigo dial-up the past few years.
    I've just got my yearly bill for €156 for their "account services" on top of the internet call charges.
    Obviously, I'm no longer going to pay this.
    However, I did use a name@indigo.ie POP3 email account address.
    Can I still use this email address or is this now banished as I no longer am an indigo (eircom) dialup user? I think I read somewhere about email forwarding?

    It's not much of a big deal as I will probably be using web-based emails... but just wondering in case a few old contacts send to my old @indigo address.

    Thanks for any info / similar experiences


Comments

  • #2
    Dinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭Dinner


    I still have my @eircom.net email addresses even though I left them. So you shouldnt have a problem. You would probably have to change some settings so that the mail goes through BT and doesnt try to send itself by indigo.


  • #3
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭zap


    just change your mail server addy


  • #4
    JNive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭JNive


    correct, you can still receive mail via your client, however you will need to change the outgoing 'smtp' server from the indigo/eircom one to the BT one.


  • #5
    sharingan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭sharingan


    I would say don't depend on it though. Eircom could clean up their old accounts some day and you would lose your mailbox. Get another e-mail (gmail is great because of the free POP3) and configure your email client to check and receive e-mail from your old mailbox, but change your outgoing server to either that of gmail or your new ISP (if they offer e-mail). All fairly straightforward in Mozilla Thunderbird.


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