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  • 30-10-2012 7:41pm
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    l.warden
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    my hotmail account is going to be deactivated soon against my will as i have left college. I've opened a Gmail account but all my email contacts and the likes will soon be deleted. whats the easiest way to switch email addresses entirely?
    any help would be great
    Liam


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    RainyDay
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    Hotmail don't close accounts when you leave college. What's going on there?


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    wnolan1992
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    I assume the OP's college uses outlook or hotmail for their studentmail accounts, UL's studentmail accounts are all handled by Windows Live Mail for example. I think it's more a case that the OP will just no longer be provided with a student address by his Uni as opposed to hotmail closing the account.


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    kerry4sam
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    l.warden wrote: »
    my hotmail account is going to be deactivated soon against my will as i have left college. I've opened a Gmail account but all my email contacts and the likes will soon be deleted. whats the easiest way to switch email addresses entirely?
    any help would be great
    Liam

    Possible solution:
    step:1 ~ If you still have access, just copy and paste the e-mail contacts in to a new e-mail and address that e-mail it to yourself to an account you will have more access to in future.
    Switching e-mail addresses doesn't work like one would prefer. If you have a new e-mail account set up with Gmail, use that e-mail address to do step 1 above.

    While you still have access to that e-mail account,
    step:2 ~ forward any and all important e-mails from that account which you say you will lose access to, onto your new e-mail Gmail account so you'll still have copies of those e-mails.

    Hope that assists you in some way,
    kerry4sam :)


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