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Email Bounce Back
Hi,
I have an email address that I've had for years and so i receive a lot newsletters and I have 300 pages of emails. I've come to the conclusion that instead of salvaging it, I'm going scrap it and create a whole new account. But I've found this a task harder than moving home.
I've already unsubscribed from emails and have changed settings on most sites, but I know that now and again I'll get someone that will email me on it, e.g. an old friend, work colleague, etc.
I want to set up a bounceback, something like "This email address is no longer monitored, please email me on XXX". But upon searching the internet, I've found that spammers and the like (viagra, Nigerian lottery, saw you on Facebook, that sort of thing) too will receive this, alerting them to the fact that my address is real and active.
My concern is that occasionally, I may dip into the account to see if there's anything important - certainly for the first few weeks, so I cannot risk it being infected.
Has anyone had an experience of this? I don't really want to divert the mail to my new account - I just want to alert people (some of whom may not be contacts) of my new address.
If you agree and think an auto-response is not a good idea, does anyone have any advice on what I can do?
Many thanks, and best wishes.
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I have known a few people in your situation. Most of them decided to have the old email forward to the new one. Then if it's a college or someone important you can individually let them know as the emails come. And if it's spam you can ignore it or unsub from email lists you've registered to. I do agree with not using the bounce back because anyone can end up with your new email.
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