Orange email server is closing down May 31.
Discussion
rfisher said:
Had my email address for about 25 years.
Runs via Orange (now EE) on a freeserve address.
EE are now closing this server down with a complete loss of access at the end of May.
This is going to be painful as my email address is linked to virtually all my internet sites.
Not pleased.
Are you after a refund? Runs via Orange (now EE) on a freeserve address.
EE are now closing this server down with a complete loss of access at the end of May.
This is going to be painful as my email address is linked to virtually all my internet sites.
Not pleased.
I'd have considered a Freeserve address to be on borrowed time since their acquisition in 2000 and I'm amazed they're still going, for free, nearly 17 years later.
If you want to avoid the upheaval ever again then you can buy your own .co.uk domain and point it to wherever you like. If they disappear then you point it somewhere else. Not free though.
ging84 said:
you've had 10+ years to prepare for this
Without being a 8=====D I'd go along with this. It can't be a shock at this juncture and there's been plenty of time to transition.It's all those plumbers, carpet fitters etc. with Freeserve addresses on the side of their vans (often even though they have a proper domain for their website ) that I feel sorry for.
sjg said:
If you want to avoid the upheaval ever again then you can buy your own .co.uk domain and point it to wherever you like. If they disappear then you point it somewhere else. Not free though.
+1ian in lancs said:
what about iCloud mail running on my apple stuff and set up on outlook on my desktop? would that work?
Yes, it looks like that would work. Although, even as an Apple geek, I prefer gmail.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff