Yes, Rosie, exactly. That is why it is preferred to have a web-based account,
just for these situations. When I got an older friend to use the internet many
years ago, I got her a Yahoo mail account which she still uses. She would use
the internet at the library, and this was the best option. She later got a
computer at home, and we eventually got internet at home. She now has an email
address with her ISP, which she never uses, and she also has a Gmail account,
which she also doesn't use. She hasn't learned how to do all these things yet!
I have accounts all over the place, and it takes me about 30 min at least every
day to check in to each to see if there is any mail. And them more time to
respond, and so on. But each account is set up for different types of work. It
works for me.
Should your service provider have problems and you get no service, then you can
always fall back on your "free" internet account. Sometimes you can set it up
that you will get your ISP mail delivered to your web-based accounts, but I
haven't figured out how to do that. I think you did a wise thing by getting a
Gmail account. This will work as long as Google still is in operation! We never
know.
Tallguy
From: Rosemarie Chavarria <knitqueen2007@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:37 AM
Subject: [ourplace] Re: New York City
Hi, Tallguy,
When I switched to Time Warner, the guy told me it would be better to use
gmail since it has more storage than our roadrunner does. The nice thing about
a gmail, hotmail or yahoo account is that it doesn't matter what internet
provider you have. What I like about gmail is the amount of storage it has.
Rosie
ei
On 9/14/2016 3:22 AM, Tallguy (Redacted sender tallguy403 for DMARC) wrote:
If you are going to get internet service from a provider (the ISP), they will
also give you several email addresses. But, obviously, you will have to use
their domain name. That is why you also should have a web-based address that is
accessible through any internet provider, such as Yahoo, Gmail, and many
others. If anyone uses a domain name from their service provider, it is only
valid as long as they are a paid subscriber to that service. When you terminate
your association with that provider, you also terminate your email address.
Keep that in mind. Tallguy
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 11:45 PM
Well the problem I have with Time Warner is they wanted me to change my
address to a TWC address instead of keeping panics.com. I told them that was
crazy. I told him I didn't want to change my email address I wanted to keep the
same one.
