Yes, I need that book.
It isn’t difficult to open and close an email account.
It does become difficult when the email account you are closing is attached to so many different accounts, especially a Google account. Delete one email address and you no longer have access to Google Reader, or any other valued Google feature. A person thinks they have thought everything through oh so carefully until they hit the big red delete button!
Note: attaching an alternate non-Gmail email address to your Google account is a good thing, however, you first need to create a non-Gmail email account as a 2nd alternate if you intend on deleting the first one.
Today, I felt like I worked through a maze after I deleted my personal email from one account. I was having major withdrawal over not having my normal sources at my fingertips. It felt like I was working the back side of a puzzle as I carefully plotted and planned. I did temporarily find a fix. I am such a nerd, but I think we all have to be up to date with our electronics and internet accounts, otherwise we would not have access at all.
So, why am I writing about this? Spouting off, wanting to hear your spouts in return! Have you made such a change before and found it to be much more difficult than was necessary?
Last but not least, if you are interested in partnering with me in writing the Changing Email Addresses for Dummies book we probably could make bundles.
Humor, again, a valuable thing! We need to hang onto it, by our fingernails!
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yep, changing email accounts is a pain in the whazoo, for sure. when i changed over to the current one, several years ago, they said all my contacts would be converted into the new account. ha. lost every one of them. i would like to change my password on my current one (not gmail) but can’t figure out how to do it without calling them and going through the mounds of hassle. there’s no little button that says anything about changing a password. i would think that would be readily available, but NOOOOOOOOOoooooo. and if i forget my password, or type it incorrectly, i only have x amount of chances to get it right before i’m locked out. it would seem i have no power over my account. lol
a book? sure!!! lol
Oh darn, Lynnanne, I changed my password on Gmail last night. I went into settings once I pulled the Gmail account up. Once, I believe I also hit the “cannot remember password button.” I love Gmail and all of the Google applications, however, not having a live person to talk to is a pain in the side.
I have been surprised by how much is invested in an e-mail address and how difficult making changes in it can be. Who knew so much of our lives now a days would come to this?
On another note, I have realized updates on the blogs of my friends and family who have changed from blogger to wordpress do not often show up in my Google Reader , if at all. What’s up with that?
Anyway, if I ever change our e-mail address I will be looking for your book Mary!Good luck and may you not suffer too much frustration in this endeavor~
I wish I had an answer to you on the WordPress blog updates not showing up in your Google Reader. Kathy, I do not have that problem at all. When I go back into Reader today I’ll think about what you are experiencing and let you know if I see something you might try, or think of.
Ha ha ha on the book!
LOL about the book! My Yahoo! e-mail account was hacked into a couple of years ago but my brother was kind enough to set up a whole new Yahoo! account for me though. When we switched to a static IP address that was a long process, phone call after phone call with Tech support but the guy that was helping set it up for us finally got it to work after a couple of days and with different Tech support people too. I don’t have a Google account anymore since I got rid of it when I switched to Word Press.
~*~Amy~*~
I knew I had a lot of accounts to change, but never thought it would turn into a mind boggling adventure. Funny in many ways.
The reason I am changing my personal email address is because it is owned by the satellite internet company that we use. I recently went to wireless, which means I am paying for 2 internet services (plus my phone which is another issue) until I get the email addresses forwarded and changed. The satellite company does not extend the addresses once the cancellation is received. If I had only known…
Have a great holiday weekend, Amy.
Just thought I would let you know that satellite internet equipment is set to be updated and possibly subsidized by the government around mid next year. You may not want to give up your satellite internet dish just yet. I have more on this topice on my blog at mybluedish.com/blog.
Brent, I did not know about the updating and possible subsidization of satellite internet. I will go to your blog to read up.
We were thrilled to install satellite internet a few years ago, after having so many problems with our land line and dial up. I did eventually have to upgrade to a “faster speed” of satellite internet with our provider, since our connection did not seem to drag. Then we began to deal with down days especially when the clouds thickened. It wasn’t a great way to run our two small businesses.
I am very enthused with the wireless program. And it makes sense. My signal now comes from a tower, which means the signal comes from below the cloud lines, instead of from a satellite signal that has to go through the clouds to arrive at our modem.
Thanks for your comments!
Yeah, and just about the time we can finish a book on the subject, all the rules change. It all happens so fast, I can hardly keep up. I still have the old school cell phone that can only send texts and take pictures! Oh well…
I am so amazed at your chemistry experiments! Keep posting them.
I want an old school phone that rings only, no texts! Funny how everything changes, and even we change as technology changes.
I have to keep the experiments up. It is a requirement to not let Annie’s Goat Hill go stale!