email address help needed

supermum4

Hi everyone i'm changing my broadband provider from talk talk to sky and want to know if i have to change my tiscali email address that i currently use with talk talk or do i keep it and use it with my new provider sky thus saving me a headache? sorry if that sound :doh:. thanks in advance:)

penrhyn

Sky will give you an xxx@sky.com email address thats for life whether you stay with them or not.
Sky email is an OEM version of Google's gmail, you might want to get yourself one of those accounts instead or as well.

Regarding your existing email service, some providers allow you to keep them, most don't and will through you off their server .
You may find that you can still receive emails from your old account but can no longer send.

My advise would be to get a gmail account set up now and start advising your contacts, before you move.

diamonds

i have a old old tiscali.co.uk email I still use after leaving

smellyted

hi there,

I still use my Tiscali email address even though I have not used their Internet service for 5-6 years. Instead of using outlook, I log in to the email server via the Talk Talk website where you can send and receive. You can still set outlook up to receive tiscali emails but you will be unable to send because they are not your ISP. I use hotmail via outlook because although they are not an ISP or anything, you are able to use a small Microsoft program that allows you to send and receive via Outlook.

Gordon_Hose

Give Talk Talk a ring, they'll be able to tell you for definite.

jayme1

chances are you will still be able to use it but it could stop working at any time.

personally I would sign up for either a hotmail or gmail account, both are completely ISP independant, meaning you can never 'loose' it if you switch ISPs in the future, also there arn't any restrictions (like having to send mail only from a talktalk IP address) you can access hotmail and gmail from everywhere and anywhere

diamonds

^what about Yahoo ?

supermum4

thanks for all the advice and ifo it's much appreciated cheers
(ps have you ever tried ringing talk talk what a nightmare)

Gordon_Hose

I've had Gmail for years, it's spot on.

moonrakerz

If you buy your own domain you can keep the same e-mail address for ever, and it is a great way to keep the spam down to an absolute minimum.

I note that one supplier is charging 99p for the first year !