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Originally Posted by communicant
I believe that FastMail has been commercially shortsighted and tone-deaf in this matter, but it must also be said that this has not been the forum's finest hour either.
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That is my opinion also.
To those who are affected, I accept that losing a long time email address is extremely annoying. I think it is also important not to go completely overboard in ones reaction. Sending out reminders of your new email address to all correspondents who have not communicated with you yet using your new address, at three month intervals for the next 18 months, will (in practice) usually get the point across to everyone who is important. If you happen to have a 90-year-old grandmother who does not know how to update the address book, you may need to arrange to get someone to help her, but she will almost certainly need computer assistance sometime in the next year anyway. I think FastMail is wrong, and you have my sympathy. However, it is not the end of the world.