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Originally Posted by savalas
sounds like a good idea, how is that done?
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The first thing you need is a reliable alternative email provider - apparently Yahoo are good, although I subscribe to an email service from Apple called Dotmac which works nicely for me as a Mac computer user.
Then you go to this page at ntlworld.com:
http://selfcare.ntlworld.com/cgi-bin/frontend
Enter your @ntlworld.com addy, and your password, then click 'Go'.
On the next screen, choose the option to set forwarding address.
Next, enter the email address you wish to forward to. You can tick the box if you want each email to continue to be delivered into your ntlworld account as well; personally I don't bother. When you're done, click 'Go'.
Finally, set your computer's email programme not to check your @ntlworld.com address automatically. Set it to check your alternative addy instead (the one you are now forwarding to). You should never again get a connection error message (unless your alternative service provider goes down, which happens, but let's face it, it's a lot less likely).
HTH
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