Change provider - keep e mail address?

A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of their
'free' broadband.
He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
Is this possible?


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J B

"J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of
> their 'free' broadband.
> He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
> Is this possible?
>
I doubt it.
I have my e-mail address with Google Mail then download into my O.E./Windows
Mail.
There are others but I found they wanted payment so choose Google.
I can now change ISP with no problems for e-mails.

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Regards,
David

FREESAT HD as it is now it is a joke.

J B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of their
> 'free' broadband.
> He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
> Is this possible?

Sometimes you can switch to PAYG dialup and keep the email address, just
dialling in once in a while. But it looks like Virgin's dialup is now only
available if you have a Virgin phone.

Unless he can somehow transfer the registration of his email account to the
account of a friend/relative who still has a Virgin service?

Theo

"J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of
>their 'free' broadband.
> He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
> Is this possible?
>
>
> --
> J B

Having your primary email address @ the domain of your first internet
provider is rather like having the name of your first girlfriend tattooed
on your forearm. It's suprising how many people do it though.

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Graham.

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"Ato_Zee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dJ%9m.49623$(E-Mail Removed)2...
>
> On 23-Jul-2009, anahata <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Really the best way to deal with this problem is to register your own
>> domain name. You have to tell everybody your new email address just once,
>> then after that you can change ISPs as often as you like. It's worked for
>> me for years, with several ISP changes.
>
> More than one email address is a good idea, some can be spam
> traps that you reveal to the world, and attaract a hundred or so
> junk emails a day, which you filter. Keep one, or two, for
> friends and family.
> So if he is getting a lot of spam on Virgin, it might be good
> idea to ditch it.
> Registering your own domain is fine so long as it stays
> friends and family, unfortunately many companies ask
> for your email address, then a rogue employee, or for some
> other reason, it gets onto a spam list, then most spam lists.
> Gmail and some ISP's do a good job of filtering.


Yes, but what I do with my own domain is give out email addresses with the
username appropriate to whomever is receiving it.

e.g. if my domain is aoao.co.uk, I give (E-Mail Removed) out as my
addy for dealings with virgin.net. (E-Mail Removed)
for Debenham's shopping related stuff, (E-Mail Removed) for computer
goods. Etc. etc.

For friends and family, and general use I use my personal name:
(E-Mail Removed).

I can use 123-reg control panel to filter my mail by blocking, redirecting,
and run it through all means of spam filters of my choosing.
It also helps me to sort them into local folders.

I also have a seekrit domain that I use for only close family and good
friends.

All for 6 quid a year for both domains, I can redirect to any ISP or other
email addy I like.

You can't beat having your own domain, best thing I ever did.

Thanks for listening

AO

"Jono" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>J B submitted this idea :
>> A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of
>> their 'free' broadband.
>> He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
>> Is this possible?
>
> Can he not convert the account to "dial-up"?


I know with a lot of ISP's you have to actually dial up the account every
3-6 months or so to keep the account alive.
I don't know if this is the case with virgin.net. So you would have to
have your good 'ole trusty analogue modem installed
to dial them up, and remember to do it every so often.

I still keep mine ready to install for emergency backup if needed.

I used to have an old ukgateway.net account from 2001 which was still
working fine a few months back.

Thanks,

AO

Jono <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> Take the pain for telling everyone your new email once, then change
>> ISPs at will.
>>
>> An alternative is a googlemail account, I do both.
>>
>> R.
>
>121-reg are doing .eu domains for 95p!

For a year then £9.99 subsequently.
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"J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>A mate of mine wants to change from Virgin to Talk Talk to make use of
>their 'free' broadband.
> He'd like to keep his @virgin.net e mail address.
> Is this possible?
> J B
>
I still have my Virgin, Tesco, and NTLworld addys, i haven't been a Virgin,
Tesco, or NTL customer for well over 3 years, Virgin now and then threaten
to cut off my virgin addys but so far haven't.
No threats from Tesco

I use Googlemails virtual mail to be able to send with them

Steve Terry

"TheOldFellow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:43:27 +0100
> "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
<snip>
> Take the pain for telling everyone your new email once, then change
> ISPs at will.
>
> An alternative is a googlemail account, I do both.
>
>
or Yahoomail, which now has the alternative shorter domain
of @ymail.com (obviously copying @gmail.com)

Both googlemail and yahoomail offer pop3, webmail,
and additional services

Once you have google or yahoo mail you can use them on any ISP

Steve Terry

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:29:40 UTC, "Steve Terry" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> "TheOldFellow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:43:27 +0100
> > "J B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> <snip>
> > Take the pain for telling everyone your new email once, then change
> > ISPs at will.
> >
> > An alternative is a googlemail account, I do both.
> >
> >
> or Yahoomail, which now has the alternative shorter domain
> of @ymail.com (obviously copying @gmail.com)
>
> Both googlemail and yahoomail offer pop3, webmail,
> and additional services
>
> Once you have google or yahoo mail you can use them on any ISP

I have gmail (got in early) and ymail accounts, for various reasons
(gmail account is good for checking SPF records). But I mainly use the
domain I first got in about 1992...! Trouble is it gets a lot of spam,
although I have it well controlled.

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