# How Do I Change Email When Old Address Is Gone? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963 "2024-01-11T16:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/1 "2024-01-11T16:52:59Z")
Tried to change my account to a new email address, but the board is sending a confirmation message to the old (deleted) address. Best address to send queries about this? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/2 "2024-01-11T16:56:27Z")
Contact via PM @engineer_comp_geek and he can work with you to fix this. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/3 "2024-01-11T17:57:38Z")
Send me an email at [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/4 "2024-01-11T18:50:06Z")
But it has to come from your old (deleted) email address. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/5 "2024-01-11T19:05:19Z")
There used to be a convention that any domain would have an email address like: [postmaster@domain.com](mailto:postmaster@domain.com) which would reach an administrator who might be able to help. I donā€™t know if that is still supported much, though. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/6 "2024-01-11T19:11:22Z")
I did contact engineer\_comp\_geek. Iā€™m sure that all be sorted directly. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-email-when-old-address-is-gone/995963/7 "2024-01-11T22:01:48Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > I donā€™t know if that is still supported much, though. The typical standard addresses are: [postmaster@example.com](mailto:postmaster@example.com) - in charge of the email system [webmaster@example.com](mailto:webmaster@example.com) - in charge of the web pages [abuse@example.com](mailto:abuse@example.com) - handles all sort of abuse (spam, malicious attacks, etc) [admin@example.com](mailto:admin@example.com) - web site administrator We definitely have a webmaster account set up, which I know for certain because at some point we realized that absolutely nobody was monitoring it (and that might still be true, I dunno). I think we have an admin account as well. If these are still working, they go to someone at the Sun Times. They donā€™t go to anyone who is involved in the daily activity of the message board. Similarly, the Contact Us email link at the bottom of each page also goes to someone at the Sun Times. It used to go to the webmaster account, which is how we realized that no one was monitoring it. If you have any issue with the message board, contact a moderator. There is a list of moderators and which forum/category they moderate in the FAQ. Each forum/category also has a sticky at the top which lists that forumā€™s moderators. If you are not sure to contact, just contact any of us, or send a PM to ā€œmoderatorsā€, which we will all receive. If we canā€™t handle the issue at the moderation level, we can contact someone who can. I usually handle account issues. For other issues, you can contact any of us.