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| Thread ID: 137137 | 2014-05-27 03:17:00 | What happens to Xtra email addy when you leave Telecom?? | Cato (6936) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1375953 | 2014-05-27 03:17:00 | Do they let you continue using it or does it get killed off when you leave? | Cato (6936) | ||
| 1375954 | 2014-05-27 03:26:00 | You can keep it, there is a monthly charge to do so. Why bother...go gmail. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1375955 | 2014-05-27 03:32:00 | You can keep it, there is a monthly charge to do so. Why bother...go gmail. Thanks. Can't really leave an email address that has been around for 15+ years. How much is the charge? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1375956 | 2014-05-27 03:42:00 | Thanks. Can't really leave an email address that has been around for 15+ years. How much is the charge? Could you switch it to dial up per hour and dont' use it? That is assuming they still allow you to POP emails without connected with them. I have my Clear Net still, I can POP emails and I use some other SMTP. Clear Net charges $5/month to connect to their mail servers, do vacation emails and amongst other things ... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1375957 | 2014-05-27 04:15:00 | Could you switch it to dial up per hour and dont' use it? That is assuming they still allow you to POP emails without connected with them. I have my Clear Net still, I can POP emails and I use some other SMTP. Clear Net charges $5/month to connect to their mail servers, do vacation emails and amongst other things ... They have dial up? I can't find it on the new Telecom website. |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1375958 | 2014-05-27 05:32:00 | They have dial up? I can't find it on the new Telecom website. Call and ask them. Being a significant player as Telecom there are still people out there which broadband are not available to them. Current customers may be able to access ... www.telecom.co.nz |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1375959 | 2014-05-27 05:47:00 | I thought they'd canned the dialup/no use no charge option and replaced it with $9.95 per month? | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1375960 | 2014-05-27 07:20:00 | Thanks. Can't really leave an email address that has been around for 15+ years. How much is the charge? I think the charge is about $5 a month - keep it going for three months, and at the same time: 1. set up a Gmail account, 2. set up a forwarding rule on your Xtra account to forward all mail to Gmail, 3. notify all your contacts you are changing email addresses (don't advertise the cut-off date), 4. set up a filter in Gmail to label all emails received from your Xtra account as "Recidivists" 5. remind people who continually email the Xtra account (the ones who end up with the "Recidivists" label) 6. send a final reminder two months after the original notification of change of address (only to the recidivists), 7. pull the plug on the Xtra account at the end of the third month This will have the effect of making you ISP independent, and ridding yourself of idiots who can't follow a reasonable request, as well as getting the full features of Gmail |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1375961 | 2014-05-27 07:32:00 | A few years back I left Xtra but retained my Xtra mail address for $5 per month. I eventually ditched the Xtra email address as I was too stingy to pay the $5 per month. I later returned to the Telecom ISP and was reallocated my old Xtra.co.nz address. I rarely use my Xtra address as I prefer to use my free lifetime Orcon mail address. | Bobh (5192) | ||
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