Techie Question.....

[espressolover]

How do I import my emails from my old address to my new one? I need them all over to the new address.
Every time I go to my old email address to retrieve my mail, I get a warning that it is an "unsafe page."
I just switched providers.
Please help.

 

[SweetErika]

It depends on your old provider. Which service were you using, and did you access it on a website, or use a client like Outlook? Will it support POP3/using a client like Outlook? Is it a security certificate warning you're getting, or does it say anything other than 'unsafe page'?

One way would be to forward the emails you want to keep to your new address. Depending on how it's set up and the number of emails you're dealing with, that could be relatively easy, or very time consuming. That's about all I can offer right now with so little info.

On a related note though, if you're having this problem because you use your ISP, or even a service like Hotmail, for email, I'd strongly suggest getting a web-based email that supports POP3, like Gmail, so you'll never have to worry about this again.

 

[cd1_christine]

Depends..

How do I import my emails from my old address to my new one? I need them all over to the new address.
Every time I go to my old email address to retrieve my mail, I get a warning that it is an "unsafe page."
I just switched providers.
Please help.

As Erica said, it depends on how you accessed your old mail account.

If you use a program on your computer (Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Incredimail, etc) that's set to use POP3, then you should just be able to change the account settings in that program to point to your new mail server, and all the email will be there in the new account.
If you use a program on your computer that's set to use IMAP, then that won't work. Either IMAP or web-based email, you'll have to forward all your email to your new one. It sounds like you're probably using webmail from your description, but a confirmation of this would be helpful.

I don't use Gmail myself, but if Erica's correct (and I have no reason to believe she's not) you could set up Outlook Express (or something else) to download all your email. Yahoo has this as an option, too, although you have to pay for it. Could be worth it, though, depending on how much you want this email. Hotmail has a similar paid option.

CD

 

[cd1_christine]

Oops.

Sorry Erika, apparently I spelled your name wrong.

I guess I should check stuff like that before I hit submit, huh?

 

[SweetErika]

I don't use Gmail myself, but if Erica's correct (and I have no reason to believe she's not) you could set up Outlook Express (or something else) to download all your email. Yahoo has this as an option, too, although you have to pay for it. Could be worth it, though, depending on how much you want this email. Hotmail has a similar paid option.

CD

I am correct. I use Gmail and my hubby uses it to backup his stuff at work, and also has a personal account. He uses Outlook and Thunderbird.

Gmail gives a massive amount of storage space (I'm up to 2744MB and it keeps increasing), good features, will never delete your messages due to inactivity and everything's FREE. I don't know why anyone's still using Hotmail or Yahoo, or would pay for inferior service when they can get more for free.

No problem on the spelling; it happens all the time.

 

[espressolover]

Hmmm...

Well, I have Yahoo for all my email. The free service, not paid.
I've never used Outlook Express.

I do have alot of emails to import to the new site. Lots of photos and things. So I guess from what you say, it will be time~consuming. I had no idea that the import wouldn't be free!

I'll look into getting something that's free and better.
I just switched providers from cable internet to sbcglobal dsl.

I hope I'm making some sense...but probably not. I'm not a techie in the least. Most of what you guys were saying is "Greek" to me, lol! But I'm trying.

I get a warning from "Active X", saying that I am using an unsafe page. Things might not work as they should in my email use.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

 

[Ezzy]

Yahoo has this as an option, too, although you have to pay for it. Could be worth it, though, depending on how much you want this email. Hotmail has a similar paid option.

CD

Both Yahoo and Hotmail have free downloads but you do have to wiggle and work till you find the exception button to get them for free. Don't just give in and pay for it, they are in the options somewhere, I found them and have both hotmail and yahoo accounts collected by Outlook Express.

If you have just switched providers and you had all your email under an address at that provider you are screwed, unless it is one they provide free and you can continue to access it under those terms.

The other thing you can do is to open a free account with Gmail or yahoo or hotmail or any other freeby mail server, and then let everyone have your new email addresses.

I have a free account with my ISP that I have only been to twice in 5 years and I never use because of all the restrictions they put on it.

If your old email was a free one then just log in to it and use the forward mail feature to send all new emails that arrive to your new email address, as I said before if your email account was not a freeby and wastied to your ISP usage yoou are up a creek without a paddle.

 

[Ezzy]

Next time you log in, copy down what the Active X warning is saying then post it here and I will help you run down the details.

Unless yahoo just got a lot less secure than it ever was, I would just get a copy of outlook express or any other email client and get all the emails downloaded to your computer, you can then store them on a CD or a flash drive or a dozen other places.

 

[espressolover]

Ezzy....

Thanks so much, I'll do that.

I am getting Yahoo mail for free, so do you think there will be a fee for switching over? If there is, I'll check out GMail or one of the others you mentioned.

Thanks again.

 

[espressolover]

Ok Ezzy....

The message from ActiveX is as follows:
"An ActiveX control on this page is not safe. Your current security settings prohibit running unsafe contols on this page.
As a result, this page may not display as intended."

What do you think?
Thanks.

 

[Ezzy]

Ok, now I am more confused not less. LOL!

You can use your Yahoo account no matter what your provider is, so you don't need to move your email to anywhere new, unless you really want to?

In IE open up Tools / Internet Options / Security and then Click on the Trusted Sites icon, add www.yahoo.com and mail.yahoo.com to your list of trusted sites. then hop back in and see if that has cleared your Active X problem, it should have.

 

[mastagraff]

i wish i could help but i cant i just wnat to post in your thread cause i like you...

 

[espressolover]

Awww....

Well listen, I can't PM you until you clean out your stored messages in your inbox here. It says you're full.

Also it says you're offline in hotmail messenger. You need to be online for me to message you.
It's tough tonight, isn't it? All sorts of troubles.
Well, I'll give it about 15 more minutes, then I'll try again tomorrow.
Sweet dreams.

 

[mastagraff]

Well listen, I can't PM you until you clean out your stored messages in your inbox here. It says you're full.

Also it says you're offline in hotmail messenger. You need to be online for me to message you.
It's tough tonight, isn't it? All sorts of troubles.
Well, I'll give it about 15 more minutes, then I'll try again tomorrow.
Sweet dreams.

my msn messanger is giving me probs alslo i cant sign in i am so sorry

 

[espressolover]

ok...

Well if not now then later today.
Ok?

 

[cd1_christine]

My guess...

In IE open up Tools / Internet Options / Security and then Click on the Trusted Sites icon, add www.yahoo.com and mail.yahoo.com to your list of trusted sites. then hop back in and see if that has cleared your Active X problem, it should have.

My guess is that ActiveX warning didn't come from Yahoo. I use Yahoo all the time w/ Firefox, which doesn't support ActiveX, and I've never had any problem using it.

I think it was a 3rd party advertisement which is displayed within the Yahoo page, but isn't from Yahoo. If this is the case, then the email should work just fine and you can completely ignore this error.

I'd avoid adding sites indescriminately to the trusted sites list, too. Although Yahoo's probably pretty safe, but there are plenty of sites that should be safe, but aren't. Microsoft's Korean site got hacked a while back to install spyware when people visited using IE.

 

[espressolover]

cd1_christine....

Thank you very much!