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NTL email switchover question

  • 24-05-2005 9:31pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭


    What will happen to my NTL email address after the switchover - it's going to cause me major grief with all the sites I have signed up for including my banking.

    Any ideas?


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    Good question. They might let you keep them. They are ntlworld.com aren't they? That domain will still exist.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Switch your mail address to somethign neutral like gmail. It's actually not as hard as it looks to migrate all your business over. I've done it four or five times now. Just do it gradually.

    ntlworld will probably continue to allow you to access your inbox even after the switchover goes through.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭TimTim


    Most likely they will not let you use their SMTP servers though.

    Signup for some web based email account with pop/smtp and use their smtp server, like I do :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    TimTim wrote:
    Most likely they will not let you use their SMTP servers though.
    That shouldn't stop you sending mails out from that address though :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    kevmac wrote:
    What will happen to my NTL email address after the switchover - it's going to cause me major grief with all the sites I have signed up for including my banking.

    Any ideas?

    I wouldnt worry about it for a good while yet :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭kevmac


    Any update on all this?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    kevmac wrote:
    Any update on all this?

    Do nothing. If you are really worried get another account (g-mail etc.) and start migrating to it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭Tech Pete


    What exactly do you mean?
    Your switching over from NTL to Eircom?
    Simply change the outgoing mail server to Eircom's and it should be fine.

    Gwan gimme more details bout what you mean.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 584 ✭✭✭atgate


    I switched from NTL to Smart a few months ago and was worried about the email addresses I had with them so I moved all them over to a gmail a/c. I needn't have worried the @ntlworld.ie addresses are still active.


  • Registered Users Posts: 100 ✭✭fightin snr


    Tech Pete wrote:
    What exactly do you mean?
    Your switching over from NTL to Eircom?
    Simply change the outgoing mail server to Eircom's and it should be fine.

    Gwan gimme more details bout what you mean.

    think he means the switch over form NTL to UPC!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭kevmac


    Exactly.

    Will my new email be XXXXX@upc.com and will they redirect all the NTL emails for set period?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    odds are ntlworld.ie will be owned by UPC not ntl, so won't be effected at all...
    so unless your under some other ntl domain?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭Tech Pete


    kevmac wrote:
    Exactly.

    Will my new email be XXXXX@upc.com and will they redirect all the NTL emails for set period?

    No ... NTL Ireland will remain the brand name.
    Your email will still be @ntlworld.ie


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