Moving house and changing isp

[mrpeter]

When I move house on June 10th I am changing my ISP from AOL to BT. Will I still be able to read E-mails that I have saved 'to my computer' for future reference or will they all be lost. In other words when I am with BT will I still be able to read my old E-mails.If they will be lost how and where do I save them before I leave AOL?

[Purple_Popple]

I dont have an answer to your question, but from experience when I changed my isp to another provider, they stopped my email account with them and even deleted it ! I could no longer get access to my old emails...not sure if the same thing could happen again if I changed over.

[mrpeter]

Thanks purple for that. Will have to try and see what i can do to save them before changeover.

[Postdog]

just download them - your computer should have a program to do that.

[heathfield]

Though you're changing to BT, if you specify to AOL that you wish to keep your email account open with them, then they will, and free of charge.

[boxtops]

It's a long time ago, but when I changed from demon (tiscali) to BT, I lost any emails I hadn't saved onto the computer.

[woofgang]

if you open them in outlook or outlook express, there is a facility to export them to a file then re import them. You could also open a free account eg hotmail and forward your emails to yourself.

[mrpeter]

Thanks woofgang a wonderful suggestion that has worked. Thanks for all replies, sorry for delay but have been away for a few days.