In reply to a post by GeoffB:

Thanks. I tend to use the Yahoo! web page so I might try fiddling with the settings. Do you have more specific instructions?

Login to your Yahoo email using your btinternet address.

through the yahoo mail classic menus:
log in,
select mail options/ accounts, new account,
enter your new details

it should then send a confirmation message, to prove that you can receive on that address
follow the confirmation
the you should be able to send as that alternate address. (by pull down list on the from field on new message, might even be able to make that the default)

-don't know the procedure under latest version of yahoo website

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

I presume his problem is that BT (or whatever proxies for it) Webmail prevents him from sending as the newer @btinternet and auto sends as the older original @btopenworld. Hence my suggestion of using a mail client.

I'm not sure @btinternet is newer - as that was given to people using dialup in 2002, when ADSL users had @btopenworld. It shows how BT has had about 6 or 7 domains used for retail email in the 10 years and still haven't standardised on a single one. Its not as if it gives them more aliases either due to the setup!!

The original poster should either ask BT support, or think about moving to a non-ISP email account just in case they want to move ISP in the future.

Is what is being said here that anyone with the allocated email address of anick@btopenworld.com also has anick@btinternet.com, and maybe a few other "@btdomains? Just that BT don't tell punters this?

I find that ridiculous, but so many of you seem to be saying it is true.
_{Edit - correction of typo (thanks IanBB), which was a correction in the first place from repeating btopenworld .}

Edited by RobertoS (Mon 03-Dec-12 08:53:33)

Ah, I inferred that from OP. OK, read "old"/"new" as "original"/"unoriginal"

Seems like it!

Prompted me to see if it is true with Orange's many email domains but it isn't

Edited by XRaySpeX (Mon 03-Dec-12 00:16:16)

"isn't"?

Knew but cba then!

"or if they redirected back to their own SMTP servers."

It was done that way back when it was Freeserve, and they gave the server that handled such mail quite low priority if it needed fixing. I've used external services, such as FastMail.net (which allows users to send on any port, with authentication, so can be used on a company LAN as port 80 is rarely blocked!).

Other than that benefit (from a paid-for service), I'd always suggest someone get themself a free mail address from anyone but their ISP (whether it be GMail, Hotmail or some other) so they have the option of switching ISP without the headache of re-registering with websites where they have accounts.

Also, if you don't like junk mail, then using spamgourmet.com can 'hide' your real mail address from websites you register with, and if they ever change hands, or get hacked, you can quickly set spamgourmet to eat everything sent to that address. Also, if you use unique addresses, one per website, then if they sell their mail list at any point, you know exactly which website was the culprit.

In reply to a post by ultra:

Also, if you use unique addresses, one per website, then if they sell their mail list at any point, you know exactly which website was the culprit.

You can do, & I do, that with Orange email addys, which are of the form [email protected] .

Also Orange email addys persist after you leave as long as you reactivate them online about every 7 months.