Appologies, the user setup up forwarding did not exist in 2000.
On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 22:06 +1200, Jason Chuang wrote:
> Hmm, you are correct about Xtra's policy - Xtra will not set up forwarding
> for you.
> HOWEVER, Xtra's mail system does allow you to set up forwarding for
> yourself.
>
> Go and log on to XtraMail http://www.xtramail.co.nz and you will see an
> option on
> the left under Email Services called Vacation messages. You can set up
> forwarding
> here yourself. You can also send a reply advising of your new email address
> (in the
> vacation messages box).
>
> All you need to do is maintain your Xtra account - Cheapest way to do this
> is to
> Change to the Xtra Prepay 2 hour plan for $5 per month. This will be fine as
> long
> as you do not want to connect using your Xtra username and password (why
> would you need to anyway if you have changed ISP's and set up forwarding of
> your
> Xtra email).
>
> Note: from another ISP you will only be able to access your XtraMail
> (webmail) service
> POP and SMTP are not available if you do not dial up to Xtra directly (for
> security
> reasons). But again if forwarding is set up correctly (eg. Do not save a
> copy to your
> Xtra mailbox) this is not an issue.
>
> There is nothing wrong with Xtra or it's services (admittedly I have been a
> customer for
> over 8 years). However I have had to work around these issues for other
> people and
> the are plenty of options - you just need to know how to find and work them
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Wiramu Pauling" <aenertia@aenertia.net>
> To: "Reuben Farrelly" <reuben-nzadsl@reub.net>
> Cc: "Fran" <fran@mobilecomputing.co.nz>; <adsl@lists.unixathome.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Weird letter from Clear?
>
>
> >
> >>
> >> Can they just not keep the @xtra email addresses under a separate paid up
> >> account, or are people at xtra being unco-operative about that?
> >>
> >> reuben
> >
> > It is xtra's policy not to do forwarding.... We used to have customers
> > ask this all the time when at paradise. Apparently whatever system xtra
> > use, "it is unable to add forwarding" This is the stock answer you will
> > get if you ask at the helpdesk
> >>
> >>
> >
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