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Time for change?
How to easily change
your email address!
H ow long since you upgraded your computer? How
long do you usually keep your car before trading it
in? Have you had the same email address for over
10 years?
MAYBE IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE
I am often asked about how to change an email address.
Sometimes a client has been ‘hacked,’ and their email and
password have been compromised more than a few times.
Sometimes the amount of junk mail, or ‘Spam,’ becomes a
relentless barrage that cannot be held back. There are several
solutions to these dilemmas, including creating a stronger
password, unsubscribing (this only works when it is a
legitimate site!) and using junk mail filters.
It is often easier to start fresh with a new email address, and
I will describe that process in this article. Depending on
the email service that you’re using and how much effort you
want to put into things, changing your email address can be
either easy or difficult. More likely, it will be closer to an easy to send 30-40 emails at a time, an anti-spam measure.
process if you plan and follow the steps reviewed here.
First, it is a good idea to keep your current email active if
creating a new one for usage. This will allow you to monitor
the old account and check for any messages from senders not
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aware that your email has changed.
Next, you need to decide on a new email provider, or you
can reserve your own domain for email. There are several
free services: Gmail (yourname@gmail.com), Apple’s iCloud
(yourname@icloud.com) and Yahoo! (yourname@yahoo.com)
are some of the largest. Another option is to get your own
domain (www.yourname.com) and then you have a personal
email address (you@yourname.com) that is unique and
memorable. This can be done for around $30 per year.
After you create the new account, you will need to send
out an electronic ‘Change of Address’ notice. This can be
simple and to the point, it will go to those friends, family and
associates that you correspond with regularly, we will address
other accounts shortly. You have probably received several
such emails from your friends, this time it is you who will be
sending it. Here is a simple template:
SUBJECT: MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
Message Body: Effective immediately, my new email address
will be example@example.com. Please copy this address and
paste it into your address book, replacing my prior email.
Thanks!
Jeff
• Important: Send this email only from your new email
address, and make sure to put all the recipients into the BCC
field to avoid sending your entire address book to everyone.
Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will likely only allow you
This is short, simple and to the point.
You now have a fresh, clean email account that is only known
by those whom with you shared it. Continue to monitor your
original address for any stragglers that did not get the notice,
and you can notify them of your new address on a case-by-
case basis.
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