Hello Daniel, I did the transfer to Messaging Co. and received a confirmation from them. Do I need to do the same with my wife’s email address which is included in my iiNet account ?
Thanks, Cheers Walter > On 13 Aug 2023, at 14:32 , Rod Blitvich via WAMUG <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> > wrote: > > Thanks Daniel > > Yep - I didn’t get an email from them either. > > I guess we might have to look for a new ISP before September 2024 > > Cheers > > Rod ([1]atiinet.net.au) > image.gif > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > [2]rb...@iinet.net.au > > On 1 Aug 2023, at 6:36 pm, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG > <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote: > > Hi All > An interesting piece of info was brought to my attention, and to be > honest I hadn’t seen it previously. - (definitely not an email from > iinet advising me of the change. Possibly an email will come later on > perhaps?) > Apparently iinet/TPG and all it’s subsidiaries (Westnet, Internode etc) > have decided they are no longer going to host their customer’s emails. > (And new customers signing up are not given an @ISP email address). > They are moving it over to another business where they (the ISP) are > apparently paying for it for a year (up to Sept 2024 from what I can > gather), then after that if you then want to still keep using your @isp > email address, then you will have to pay for it. I haven’t seen any > plans as yet, but a few things I read said it could be “from $3.99 per > email address per month). - though doesn’t show what the quota would > be. > Some other people had said to budget about $60 a year to keep the email > address. > The “notice” is on all the ISP websites, so for example on the main > iinet home page (and same for Westnet, TPG, Internode etc), all have a > link to information about it. > https://help.iinet.net.au/iinet-email-messaging-company > Even the “new” company taking over (The Messaging Company), website's > is fairly sparse on information. > Definitely going to be a bit of wake up call for a lot of people. Who > may have an @isp address for 20+ years, then find if they want to keep > it they now have to pay. And I’m sure the internet plans won’t see a > price decrease for the money saved on not supplying/hosting email > addresses. Hey, I could be wrong,…but, well….time will tell. > (I have an @iinet address that I’ve had for about 22+ years that I’ve > been with them - not that I use it very much….but it’s there). > I know I have quite a lot of clients that use their @isp address, so > definitely going to be a change for a lot of people. > Another good reason to have a domain name I guess, or a “free” email > address like @iCloud.com, @gmail.com etc- then you can change ISPs > without having to tell everyone your email address has changed. > (As an aside, the price is about “normal” - as I looked at some of the > “email only” hosting plans I have for clients and a 10GB plan is $60 a > year per mailbox) > Definitely will be something to watch and see what happens with it. > Thought I’d post to the list as possibly others may not have seen or > been aware of this. :) > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > p : 0414 795 960 > e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > **For everything Apple** > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion > and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of > MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any > form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if > any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or > copied, that permission by the author be requested. > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > References > > 1. http://atiinet.net.au/ > 2. x-msg://329/rb...@iinet.net.au > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/wamug@wamug.org.au/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
