[clue-talk] <OT> msn.com

[Collins Richey]

On 9/9/06, Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hotmail does not offer automatic mail forwarding.
> Hotmail derives it's revenues from advertising so it's
> to their advantage to keep you around.  Also only
> active accounts are maintained.  (I forgot to log in
> within the 30-day window and lost all the saved email.
>  Good thing there wasn't a whole lot.)
>
> As a work-around, you can go to Mail Options->Message
> Replies and set the reply-to address to the gmail
> account so that any replies are automatically sent
> there.
>
> As another option you can download and install this
> free tool to download messages and forward them on to
> a different account.
>
> http://www.e-eeasy.com/GetMail.aspx
>
> --- Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a cousin who is wanting to switch her mail
> > slowly from msn.com
> > to gmail.com.
> >
> > Does anyone know whether msn.com provides a "forward
> > all mail" function?
> >
> > When I was using Comcast email, that function was as
> > simple as
> > checking a box and providing the forwarding address
> > on my user
> > account, but I know from nothing about msn.com.

Thanks for the info. My cousin is not-too-computer-literate Windows
user, so I'll just tell her to keep using Hotmail untill she's ready
to switch.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.