Changing a hotmail account..

[Levo-Lon]

Ive had my business email account for over 10 years i think.
I dont have the business anymore, But i do have a few important things set to that email address.

Im thinking if i get a new account i can have a name not associated with my old business " i get plagued with emails relating to that"

So whats the best way to do it and keep the important contacts, ie. Banks paypal council ect

 

[Levo-Lon]

[QUOTE 4889532, member: 259"]Does it have to be Hotmail? Gmail is miles better against spam and it's easy to import Hotmail contacts.[/QUOTE]

I have a Gmail account..dont use it
How do you import? I'm very much a caveman with IT..
Does importing automatically make it your email address? Or does everything have to be registered to the new account?

 

[Alex H]

You can set your hotmail account to forward everything to your new account, then you can close hotmail when you're ready - you don't lose the hotmail account unless you fail to login properly at least once a year(?)I think .

We do this with our exceedingly slow change over, Hotmail seems to be going slower and slower, and login every month to keep it going.

 

[PeteXXX]

As Alex says, forward the mail you want to a new address (either Hotmail or Gmail) and ignore everything else.
T'other way is to 'Block Sender' for the mail you no longer want to see.

 

[Levo-Lon]

As Alex says, forward the mail you want to a new address (either Hotmail or Gmail) and ignore everything else.
T'other way is to 'Block Sender' for the mail you no longer want to see.

I use the Block all the time but that seems to be very temporary..



Thanks for the help All, I'll start sending what i need over and then see if i can change all my paypal bank work etc to the new address

 

[Levo-Lon]

Ohh after looking at it ill just stay as i am...my whole friggin life is connected to hotmail

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

my whole friggin life is connected to hotmail

Now that's the saddest thing I've read for a long time. Well maybe not a long time - today at least.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Now that's the saddest thing I've read for a long time. Well maybe not a long time - today at least.

Its depressed the crap out of me too mate

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Its depressed the crap out of me too mate

Well at least you can larf