Switching e-mail addresses doesn't have to hurt

October 2, 2008 By Etan Horowitz

In many ways, changing your e-mail address is harder than changing your mailing address. There's no post office to make sure that your mail gets forwarded and senders are notified of the switch. Plus, you have to deal with transferring contacts and old messages.

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Doug_Huffman - Oct 02, 2008
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These Ah,Oh helL wannabes enable SMTP *e-mail* only for those capable of doing the configuration. The crAP they're selling (in exchange for ad BW waste) is not e-mail!
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tigger - Oct 02, 2008
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Why anyone would use anything except for gMail is beyond me. I had to go through the pain of helping a friend out with MSN email, OMG the attachment process is laughable!
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h0dges - Oct 03, 2008
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Ok who left the italics attribute open?!!?
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