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Download and save Bigpond email messages to your computer

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  Leave a comment

Your Bigpond email account resides on the computers of the ISP. As per their new policy, all messages older than 180 days will be removed permanently from Bigpond mail servers. So what can you do? There are two solutions actually. The first is to shift all the messages to a personal folder and continue using the account via the Bigpond webmail interface. The second (which is more elegant) is to download and save the Bigpond email messages by transferring them using email program (also known as email clients). More »

Bigpond email settings

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As per the new policy, Bigpond stores your messages on its servers for only 180 days. Emails that you have deleted or have been marked as spam will only be retained for 7 days. It’s strongly recommended that users either move the messages to a personal folder or, better still, download them to the local computer with the help of programs such as Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail. This is where Bigpond email settings are usefulemail programs need this information to connect to the account on the server. More »

Configure Bigpond email in Outlook Express

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP, Outlook Express  |  Leave a comment

Outlook Express is probably the world’s most popular email client. It comes pre-installed with the Windows Vista operating system. However, if Outlook Express is missing from your computer, you can either get it as a bundle with Internet Explorer or use the latest free email client from Microsoft – Windows Live Mail. In this post I shall be providing step by step instructions on how to add and configure Bigpond email in Outlook Express. This is a simple process and you shall be aided by inbuilt program “wizard”. More »

Set up Bigpond email in Windows Live Mail

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP, Windows Live Mail  |  Leave a comment

Though new Windows 7 computers / laptops may not come with an inbuilt email client, you can download Windows Live Mail which is a free program from Microsoft meant to replace Outlook Express (XP) and Windows Mail Vista. Once the software is up and running, it takes less than a minute to set up your Bigpond email account on your computer. You would not only be able to download and save the messages on the local machine but also safeguard important email by taking regular back ups of the Windows Live Mail program. More »

Change Bigpond email address

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  2 Comments

I’m a Bigpond subscriber and don’t like the username. Is it possible to get another email address – different one, perhaps? How difficult is that and will it involve other adjustments? Also if I change the Bigpond email address what happens to the old one? Will that account still receive emails?
Virginia Burns

Yes you can quickly change your Bigpond email address – it’s quite easy. However, before you jump to that please note the following some of which will also answer a few of your other queries. More »

Bigpond webmail – access email from any computer

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  2 Comments

As per the poll I conducted sometime back, most people check their email accounts through email programs such as Outlook Express. Though there are many advantages of using email programs, webmail provides a simple and easy interface for the beginner to quickly start using their email accounts through the familiar web browser program. In this post, I shall provide an introduction to Bigpond webmail and how to use it correctly. More »

Bigpond login

Posted on December 14, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  Leave a comment

The email account that comes with a Bigpond Internet plan can be accessed from any computer via webmail. All one requires is a web browser and an active internet connection (this can be from any ISP). You simply need to load the Bigpond login page, enter the username and password to get to the account. More »

Bigpond email

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Bigpond email - logoBigpond, the popular ISP, provides an email account to subscribers of their internet access plans. This email address will either be USERNAME@bigpong.com or USERNAME@bigpond.net.au. As you can understand, it’s the username part of the email that makes the address unique as not two people can have the same email address. Here are the some important features and some salient points of the Bigpond email account. More »

How to check Telus email from another computer

Posted on December 1, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  Leave a comment

The simplest way to get your Telus email on another computer is to use the webmail interface. This will work from any computer located anywhere in the world. Here is how you go about it. More »

Telus email

Posted on December 1, 2010 under Email, ISP  |  2 Comments

Telus email logo

The popular ISP, Telus, provides multiple email accounts to their subscribers. Depending on the plan chosen, you can get 5 to 10 email addresses – everyone in the family can have one! And each Telus email account can be kept private protected with its own username and password. More »