This one is literally making me ill.
For the last 20 years my first and only e-mail account has been with Poweryourname (part of Register.com) and is associated with a domain name I lease with them. I just got an e-mail from them saying that my domain account will be closed and transferred to another Register.com system ("to improve the service") within days* and my e-mail accounts will be deleted. It also says that my e-mail accounts (5 in total, other family members use some) or maybe a singular account can be recreated on the new 'system' but that no messages can be transferred !
In essence 20 years of information will be deleted with no comeback, so legal stuff, tax, information about a building conversion, hobbies, etc, etc, over 20 years all gone; about 2.7GB. It seems I can export in to a text file (which is almost gibberish) one message at a time - I don't know where to start.
I guess in the short term I will stay with them for e-mail but next year I should consider moving. I like their web-based e-mail which I can also access via iphone (I think it's POP3 ?) but I can't go through this again - I'm literally shaking at what will be lost that I don't even know is important.
So any suggestions on what options might suit me ? I have a 5GB e-mail limit per address which suits and if all my old stuff is deleted then I don't need that much to start with. I've had the option to add more e-mail addresses up to 10 I think which has been very useful but I have no idea how I can link to my domain name if I go with a different supplier. I would prefer UK based as Register.com is US based and their support operation is therefore effectively limited to e-mail which is obviously making all this a nightmare at the moment.
CHE
*I'm not clear how long I have, maybe days, maybe a few weeks before all this happens.
For the last 20 years my first and only e-mail account has been with Poweryourname (part of Register.com) and is associated with a domain name I lease with them. I just got an e-mail from them saying that my domain account will be closed and transferred to another Register.com system ("to improve the service") within days* and my e-mail accounts will be deleted. It also says that my e-mail accounts (5 in total, other family members use some) or maybe a singular account can be recreated on the new 'system' but that no messages can be transferred !
In essence 20 years of information will be deleted with no comeback, so legal stuff, tax, information about a building conversion, hobbies, etc, etc, over 20 years all gone; about 2.7GB. It seems I can export in to a text file (which is almost gibberish) one message at a time - I don't know where to start.
I guess in the short term I will stay with them for e-mail but next year I should consider moving. I like their web-based e-mail which I can also access via iphone (I think it's POP3 ?) but I can't go through this again - I'm literally shaking at what will be lost that I don't even know is important.
So any suggestions on what options might suit me ? I have a 5GB e-mail limit per address which suits and if all my old stuff is deleted then I don't need that much to start with. I've had the option to add more e-mail addresses up to 10 I think which has been very useful but I have no idea how I can link to my domain name if I go with a different supplier. I would prefer UK based as Register.com is US based and their support operation is therefore effectively limited to e-mail which is obviously making all this a nightmare at the moment.
CHE
*I'm not clear how long I have, maybe days, maybe a few weeks before all this happens.