Loss of email address?

[Andy70]

Now that i have migrated to Fast will my old IDNet email address cease? At the moment it is still active or is there a cooling off period before deactivation?

[Rik]

It will cease in due course, Andy, unless you move it to paid mail, £12pa.

[Andy70]

It will cease in due course, Andy, unless you move it to paid mail, £12pa.

Paid mail? - that's ridiculous! - What are the advantages of that? 

[Rik]

None if you don't want to keep the address. If you do, however, it's ISP independent if you move again. I pay for a domain and email separate to IDNet for that reason.

Details are here:

http://www.idnet.net/solutions/idmail.jsp

[Lona]

I can still get incoming mail from my old email address but can't send out.

When I was with Zen, they allowed me to use my old email address but I had to change outgoing mail to their server.

[Andy70]

I can still get incoming mail from my old email address but can't send out.

When I was with Zen, they allowed me to use my old email address but I had to change outgoing mail to their server.

Well i quite understand that. You obviously can't send an email that has an address from a previous isp using your new one but can recieve.
Maybe i wasn't clear enough.

Will i lose the email address completely? - i.e. Will it be removed from IDNet mail servers? .... RIK?

[Lona]

The answer is YES 

[Sebby]

Will i lose the email address completely? - i.e. Will it be removed from IDNet mail servers? .... RIK?

Yes, it will. You should definitely consider getting your own domain as it prevents this from happening.