Hi Stephen Thanks for the suggestions. The only problem is that my email address has been on the go since the 1990’s and would be impossible to advise everyone of a change, as I simply have no idea who has the email address. I have contacts globally, you can see my dilemma. When you say your bigpond address is occasionally used, how on earth did you discover they had emailed you ?
I did mention to iinet about these problems and the lady I spoke to said that many at iinet did not support the change at the time, thinking it a big mistake. Can’t say I disagree ! Thanks again Jewels > On 17 Dec 2025, at 4:45 pm, STEPHEN CHAPE via WAMUG > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jewels. > > My step-daughter and my grand kids were all with Westnet (owned by > TPG/iiNet). > > So they had the same issue. > > I helped them (and other family members) to switch to an iCloud email > address. > This sounds strange, but the same thing was suggested to me by a > Telstra technician a few years ago. > He visited my home to resolve an unrelated issue with my Bigpond email. > He suggested I move to a generic email address, such as Gmail or > iCloud. > This meant that if I moved to another provider my email would not > change. > He suggested I set up an iCloud address and gradually inform my > providers, friends and family. > Then if I changed providers my email remains the same. > It made sense to me, as an Apple user, to set up an iCloud email > account. > So that is what I did … and over time my contacts were informed of > this. > So as you see I have an @mac.com email address. > The options with Apple are @mac.com, @me.com or @icloud.com. > My Bigpond address is occasionally used by those I have not notified. > Regards, > Stephen Chape > Mac by choice > Windows because my employer knew no better > > On 17 Dec 2025, at 1:19 pm, Graeme Winters via WAMUG > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I still enjoy reading of the various problems and solutions provided > to > members but could you please arrange to alter my email address to > [1][email protected] > The old address including 1961 will be deleted asap because of the > high > level of junk mail > Graeme > On 17 Dec 2025, at 12:07 pm, Julie Bedford via WAMUG > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > Have had nothing but problems with The Messenger - email service. > Can > anyone suggest > a good reliable email service. It is important that I retain my > email > address for obvious reasons. > Often very important emails end up in the spam box on the web server, > but to log in to the server > is almost impossible with the spinning wheel. > Wishing you all Christmas season greetings. > Jewels > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> > Graeme Winters > [email protected] > References > 1. mailto:[email protected] > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <https://lists.wamug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/wamug>
