Dial up email from Broadband

I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of changing to
Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my btinternet email address.
If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay as You Go once a month is there
anyway I can use it from Nildram broadband?

Many thanks
John

<uk.telecom.broadband , John G , (E-Mail Removed)>
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<Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:17:15 +0000 (UTC)>

> I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of changing to
> Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my btinternet email address.
> If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay as You Go once a month is there
> anyway I can use it from Nildram broadband?
>

Most people these days tend to register a .co.uk domain from the likes
of www.123reg.co.uk so they dont have this sort of hassle if/when they
change their isp .

Email sent to the @.co.uk domain can be forwarded anywhere .


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John G wrote:
> I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of
> changing to Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my
> btinternet email address. If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay
> as You Go once a month is there anyway I can use it from Nildram
> broadband?
>
> Many thanks
> John

It looks like you're using Outlook Express, Click on Tools, Accounts,
Highlight your BT mail account then click properties, then click connection
and untick the box 'always connect using' you will then be able to retrieve
your mail with any connection available. You will still need to dial up if
you ever wish to send mail from that account.
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Adrian wrote:
> John G wrote:
>> I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of
>> changing to Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my
>> btinternet email address. If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay
>> as You Go once a month is there anyway I can use it from Nildram
>> broadband?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> John
>
> It looks like you're using Outlook Express, Click on Tools, Accounts,
> Highlight your BT mail account then click properties, then click connection
> and untick the box 'always connect using' you will then be able to retrieve
> your mail with any connection available. You will still need to dial up if
> you ever wish to send mail from that account.

You will be able to send mail from that account but you will need to
change your outgoing mailserver to the Nildram smtp server.

JP

John P wrote:
> Adrian wrote:
>> John G wrote:
>>> I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of
>>> changing to Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my
>>> btinternet email address. If I keep it alive by accessing it from
>>> Pay
>>> as You Go once a month is there anyway I can use it from Nildram
>>> broadband?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>> John
>>
>> It looks like you're using Outlook Express, Click on Tools, Accounts,
>> Highlight your BT mail account then click properties, then click
>> connection and untick the box 'always connect using' you will then
>> be able to retrieve your mail with any connection available. You
>> will still need to dial up if you ever wish to send mail from that
>> account.
>
> You will be able to send mail from that account but you will need to
> change your outgoing mailserver to the Nildram smtp server.
>
> JP

You are of course correct, I'd forgotten that for some reason.
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:29:13 -0000, Vhit <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

><uk.telecom.broadband , John G , (E-Mail Removed)>
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><Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:17:15 +0000 (UTC)>
>
>> I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of changing to
>> Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my btinternet email address.
>> If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay as You Go once a month is there
>> anyway I can use it from Nildram broadband?
>>
>
>Most people these days tend to register a .co.uk domain from the likes
>of www.123reg.co.uk so they dont have this sort of hassle if/when they
>change their isp .
>
>Email sent to the @.co.uk domain can be forwarded anywhere .

I am staggered at the amount of people that don't ... at around £10
for 2 years (can be cheaper for a .co.uk) it saves SO much hassle
.....and can be personal too.

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:48:54 UTC, Jack Ouzzi <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I am staggered at the amount of people that don't ... at around £10
> for 2 years (can be cheaper for a .co.uk) it saves SO much hassle
> ....and can be personal too.

I've used oneandone for this, and it's 1.99 a year - min 2 years. That's
just for email, but all most people want. And you can get a .me.uk for
the same price - arguably more relevant for an individual.

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"John G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:dpmfnq$ntl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of changing to
>Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my btinternet email
>address. If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay as You Go once a month
>is there anyway I can use it from Nildram broadband?
>
> Many thanks
> John
Thanks very much for your comment.
The reason that I didn't want to change my email address is that I have had
it for going on 14 years and in that time it has become known to a lot of
people. I could do without the hassle of everybody having to change.
Thanks again
John

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 14:34:03 +0000 (UTC), [John G] said :-

>
>"John G" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:dpmfnq$ntl$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I am at the moment using BT Pay as You Go and I am thinking of changing to
>>Nildram Broadband. I would like to keep and use my btinternet email
>>address. If I keep it alive by accessing it from Pay as You Go once a month
>>is there anyway I can use it from Nildram broadband?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> John
>Thanks very much for your comment.
>The reason that I didn't want to change my email address is that I have had
>it for going on 14 years and in that time it has become known to a lot of

14 years ?

BTinternet started in about 1995.

>people. I could do without the hassle of everybody having to change.

All you need to do it keep the existing setup you've got for this
email address, but change the smtp server to your new ISP. Some ISPs
may not actually allow you to have any other mail address domain other
than their own when sending, you need to check.

To keep the BTinternet address alive - you need to dial-up at least
once every 90 days, it's not a question of actually accessing the mail
account. There are other ways, such as downgrading it to a Basic only
account. This can only be accessed via web rather than a mail client.
Also, this does not allow for sub accounts or an webspace you may have
set up.

Bob Eager wrote:

> I've used oneandone for this, and it's 1.99 a year - min 2 years. That's
> just for email, but all most people want. And you can get a .me.uk for
> the same price - arguably more relevant for an individual.

Don't they still add the VAT to their prices, or is it just 1.99 now ?

I hope they now allow customers to set the DNS entries... that was a
problem for me some time back, and I've not touched them for a while.