Telstra BigPond Webmail Question
Sammy
via the telstra.com webmail service?
Tech support don't seem to understand what I'm asking.
Areeba Dirtcheep
they got rid of the account hold plan
"Sammy" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Tom Milledge
nos...@nospam.com says...
>
> If I close my BigPond account, will I still be able to receive emails sent
> via the telstra.com webmail service?
> Tech support don't seem to understand what I'm asking.
>
>
>
NO - you will lose your email address if you close your account
Get a Yahoo address or run your own domain name and that way you can
change ISP without having to change your email address
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Tony Lathouras
> via the telstra.com webmail service?
> Tech support don't seem to understand what I'm asking.
>
The only way to keep a "free" email account with them I can see is if you
have a dialup account with them, and also a broadband account, they will let
that dialup account go on a "501" plan and that allows that account to stay
open for emails. If it is on hold, then it will die.
Lachlan Simpson
associated Telstra.com address at no ongoing charge.
"Sammy" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Ryan H
<ne...@milledge.com.au> wrote:
>In article <3c778107$0$18468$afc3...@news.optusnet.com.au>,
>nos...@nospam.com says...
>>
>> If I close my BigPond account, will I still be able to receive emails sent
>> via the telstra.com webmail service?
>> Tech support don't seem to understand what I'm asking.
>>
>>
>>
>
>NO - you will lose your email address if you close your account
>
>Get a Yahoo address or run your own domain name and that way you can
>change ISP without having to change your email address
Yep, Yahoo kicks ass !
Has a decent spam filter and good interface.
Mostly reliable too when you need to use it.
Ryan H
<lsim...@nospam.optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>When I closed my Bigpond account they asked if I wanted to keep my
>associated Telstra.com address at no ongoing charge.
Why would they offer something for nothing ?
This is Telstra we are talking about :-)
kubalister
hold plan previously). This account was linked to my telstra.com webmail
account. Since the termination date I have still been able to succesfully
send email to BOTH my bigpond.com and telstra.com email addresses.
I just confirmed this is still the case 15 minutes ago by sending email to
the bigpond address and it appeared on my telstra.com webmail service
shortly thereafter (and my phone was sent an SMS alert).
Therefore you should not lose your bigpond.com OR telstra.com email address
if you close your bigpond home account. (Assuming the telstra.com and
bigpond.com accounts were linked PRIOR to your bigpond home termination
request).
Hope this helps.
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Tony Lathouras
"kubalister" <talk....@spam.central> wrote in message
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> My Bigpond Home account was closed on Feb 19th (which was on the Account
> hold plan previously). This account was linked to my telstra.com webmail
> account. Since the termination date I have still been able to succesfully
> send email to BOTH my bigpond.com and telstra.com email addresses.
> I just confirmed this is still the case 15 minutes ago by sending email to
> the bigpond address and it appeared on my telstra.com webmail service
> shortly thereafter (and my phone was sent an SMS alert).
> Therefore you should not lose your bigpond.com OR telstra.com email
address
> if you close your bigpond home account. (Assuming the telstra.com and
> bigpond.com accounts were linked PRIOR to your bigpond home termination
> request).
>
> Hope this helps.
The only worry is Telstra claim that delinquent email Accounts that are not
attached to a a paying plan will be axed after may 1st.
Sammy
Which of course conflicts with Telstra's reply!
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You will still be able to access e-mail addressed to
xx...@telstra.com via Webmail when you close your account.
However, any e-mail addressed to xx...@bigpond.com will get returned
to the sender with an error.
If you have any questions, or require further assistance please contact
our Technical Support desk on 133 933 (selecting option 1).
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"kubalister" <talk....@spam.central> wrote in message
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kubalister
still operational. This may however be an interim bonus so one can't expect
it to continue indefinitely. They don't officially support the old account
as an alias so it could be removed at any time in the future.
I suspect it won't be necessary to do so since both addresses use the same
mailbox on the same mail server. Whatever happens, you'll still have the
telstra.com address but treat the bigpond.com address as a short term bonus.
"Sammy" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Ryan H
<talk....@spam.central> wrote:
>I was expecting that the bigpond.com address would be cancelled, but it is
>still operational. This may however be an interim bonus so one can't expect
>it to continue indefinitely. They don't officially support the old account
>as an alias so it could be removed at any time in the future.
>I suspect it won't be necessary to do so since both addresses use the same
>mailbox on the same mail server. Whatever happens, you'll still have the
>telstra.com address but treat the bigpond.com address as a short term bonus.
I had an internet site with iprimus that survived for almost 7 months
after I left them.
WaSp
Archilies
Yes you can. When you close your account, request that they keep the
telstra.com component of it open. You'll have to wait in their billing
queue to do this though, it can't be done on the page they setup to
cancel your account online.
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Tony Lathouras
"Archilies" <no.archi...@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 23:45:47 +1100, Sammy wrote:
>
> > If I close my BigPond account, will I still be able to receive emails
> > sent via the telstra.com webmail service? Tech support don't seem to
> > understand what I'm asking.
> Yes you can. When you close your account, request that they keep the
> telstra.com component of it open. You'll have to wait in their billing
> queue to do this though, it can't be done on the page they setup to
> cancel your account online.
Do you have a current telstra account or an account on hold? If you have the
latter, you should have got an email AND a letter in the post telling how
they will axe dormant accounts on May 1st. This also includes email accounts
that are not attached to a paying dialup or broadband account.
Archilies
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