# Important note to Administrators re email account **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819 "2003-07-16T05:47:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/1 "2003-07-16T05:47:36Z")
It seems that the free email service I registered under has gone belly up. I haven’t been able to load their page for months. I have created a hotmail account and I am messaging you under that account, so you can have a valid email for me on file. I will refer to this post in that email, and include the former email account I registered under as verification. I hope this is acceptable. If there is anything else I need to do, please let me know. I’m sure I’m not the first person this has happened to. Thanks. Andy. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/2 "2003-07-16T06:10:54Z")
If you want to change your e-mail address yourself, you can do so by clicking the User CP box in the upper right of the screen, the clicking on “edit profile” once that page downloads. Once in your profile, just swap e-mail addresses and click “submit,” and that should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/3 "2003-07-16T06:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > \*\*If you want to change your e-mail address yourself, you can do so by clicking the User CP box in the upper right of the screen, the clicking on “edit profile” once that page downloads. Once in your profile, just swap e-mail addresses and click “submit,” and that should do the trick. \*\* Oh, I didn’t know it was that easy. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/4 "2003-07-16T06:52:49Z")
No problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/5 "2003-07-16T15:54:15Z")
[FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1900266#post1900266) > [@](#): > > Q: How do I change my email address? > A: Click on “User CP” in the upper right hand corner of any SDMB page, then “Edit Profile.” Type in your new email address TWICE: once to change, once again to confirm. Make any other profile changes you like and hit the “Submit Modifications” button. Then check the new e-mail address for the confirmation message that will be automatically sent to you. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-note-to-administrators-re-email-account/188819/6 "2003-07-18T05:11:11Z")
My fault for not re-reading the FAQ again. (My concern was whether your old email account had to be still working for you to make the switch.) Now that the matter is solved, could a moderator please lock this thread? Thank you.