Hi Wendy, I’m not sure you have fully understood the minimal effect on the user that the transfer of the email hosting of iinet, westnet et. al. email services actually entails. Now perhaps because you appear to be accessing your email via a web browser you are experiencing the dual login dance (it sounds absurd to me).
You could consider using an email client, such as Mail, which comes installed on every macintosh and iPhone. Using these services I, my wife, and my children have experienced a frictionless transition. Infact they don’t really know, or care, who is managing their email hosting. All they care about is continuity of service, which they have experienced. As for your assertion that third party companies, such as Medibank etc. expect you to change your email address is a complete nonsense. If that is what you have been told you, have been badly advised. You just keep using your westnet/iinet/ address as if nothing has happened. Regards, Robin > On 4 Nov 2023, at 5:40 pm, wendy.corrick--- via WAMUG > <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> wrote: > > Yep Peter I agree with your good summary. > > I too have an iinet address (one of their very early customers in fact) > and I did more than groan when I heard they intended to out source the > management of their iinet email customers. > > I did it by the due date and now log in to The Messaging Company first; > this takes me automatically to the familiar iinet screen where I log in > again. > > All is OK; except many companies eg Medibank assume that ALL iinet > customers MUST change their address. Our postman (the one that goes > around the streets delivering mail) is weighed down by the numbers of > letters this household has received requesting us to let the company > know of our new email address. (I exaggerate a bit there!) What I > haven't worked out is are these companies responding to some emails > that bounced? or are they just assuming that all iinet customers need > to change their address. > > It is becoming a real problem; and very time consuming in trying to > contact each company to tell them my address is valid. > > Whether or not the Messaging Company will be happy to have all these > iinet customers after the first year we will just have to wait and > see.. Along with how much they charge us. > > Best wishes all > > Wendy > > Friends of Gabbiljee respectfully acknowledges that it is located on > the land of the Whadjuk Noongar people. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > "WAMUG" <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> > > To: > > "WAMUG" <wa...@lists.wamug.org.au> > > Cc: > > "Peter Crisp" <petercr...@westnet.com.au> > > Sent: > > Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:55:29 +0800 > > Subject: > > Re: [WAMUG] Which Email address? > Hi Rod, I am with Westnet as my ISP - same org as iinet I > understand. > Westnet advised me a couple of months back too they are outsourcing > the email management. This was received with big groans. However, > Westnet (and iinet) are outsourcing the email management to The > Messaging Company. You have the choice to Opt In to their plan, in > which case they will manage the full migration of your Westnet (or > iinet) Mail accounts to The Messaging Company, but importantly you > will keep exactly the same email address afterwards. I have opted in > as making a change to a different email address would be a huge > undertaking with all the tangles with multiple other subscriptions, > providers etc my email address is associated with. Same to for the 4 > other family members in my family. I dug further into this - the > first > year of email management is free with The Messaging Company and then > from year 2, they will charge a fee for the email management. If I > look at my Westnet plan, the current email management fee will > disappear form day 1 after migration and thereafter. I don't know > yet > how much The Messaging Company will charge from year 2. > You can ring the helpline for further details if other questions or > there is an FAQ page for the commonly asked questions. > Kind Regards > Peter Crisp > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "WAMUG" > To:"WAMUG" > Cc:"Rod Blitvich" > Sent:Thu, 2 Nov 2023 14:13:05 +0800 > Subject:[WAMUG] Which Email address? > Hi Folks > So iinet email is shifting to another provider. > Please can you suggest which email address should now I use as my > primary address? > I currently use rb...@iinet.net.au > I have the following email addresses: > rb...@iinet.net.au > bli...@mac.com > bli...@icloud.com > I am thinking of making bli...@mac.com as my primary address > Thank you > Rod Blitvich > -- 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>
