Thanks Daniel Yep - I didn’t get an email from them either. I guess we might have to look for a new ISP before September 2024 Cheers Rod (atiinet.net.au <http://atiinet.net.au/>)
 Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rb...@iinet.net.au <x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au> > On 1 Aug 2023, at 6:36 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> > wrote: > > Hi All > > An interesting piece of info was brought to my attention, and to be honest I > hadn’t seen it previously. - (definitely not an email from iinet advising me > of the change. Possibly an email will come later on perhaps?) > > Apparently iinet/TPG and all it’s subsidiaries (Westnet, Internode etc) have > decided they are no longer going to host their customer’s emails. (And new > customers signing up are not given an @ISP email address). > > They are moving it over to another business where they (the ISP) are > apparently paying for it for a year (up to Sept 2024 from what I can gather), > then after that if you then want to still keep using your @isp email address, > then you will have to pay for it. I haven’t seen any plans as yet, but a few > things I read said it could be “from $3.99 per email address per month). - > though doesn’t show what the quota would be. > Some other people had said to budget about $60 a year to keep the email > address. > > The “notice” is on all the ISP websites, so for example on the main iinet > home page (and same for Westnet, TPG, Internode etc), all have a link to > information about it. > https://help.iinet.net.au/iinet-email-messaging-company > > Even the “new” company taking over (The Messaging Company), website's is > fairly sparse on information. > > Definitely going to be a bit of wake up call for a lot of people. Who may > have an @isp address for 20+ years, then find if they want to keep it they > now have to pay. And I’m sure the internet plans won’t see a price decrease > for the money saved on not supplying/hosting email addresses. Hey, I could be > wrong,…but, well….time will tell. > (I have an @iinet address that I’ve had for about 22+ years that I’ve been > with them - not that I use it very much….but it’s there). > > I know I have quite a lot of clients that use their @isp address, so > definitely going to be a change for a lot of people. > Another good reason to have a domain name I guess, or a “free” email address > like @iCloud.com, @gmail.com etc- then you can change ISPs without having to > tell everyone your email address has changed. > (As an aside, the price is about “normal” - as I looked at some of the “email > only” hosting plans I have for clients and a 10GB plan is $60 a year per > mailbox) > > Definitely will be something to watch and see what happens with it. > > Thought I’d post to the list as possibly others may not have seen or been > aware of this. :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > p : 0414 795 960 > e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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