Boiling Water For

I am responding to the posting about boiling water for tea- http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mteaboil.html
Iffen I was to boil water, then EMPTY the kettel? All I get ( and, got once…sadly ) is an incredibly rusty inside of a nice British teapot.
Any other, less destructive ideas?
Typer

<sigh> I still cannot get this right. Sorry…lemme try again.
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mteaboil.html
Maybe that will work !
Typer