I’ve been putting this off for months because I’m not technically inclined. Might someone help so I don’t blow up my blog?
Some of you know my e-mail hasn’t worked for almost a year (give or take) and I haven’t managed to have Big Brother listen and unblock it.
I’ve decided to get rid of the dud e-mail and use another.
My question is what will happen if I replace the dud with a new e-mail? At least I won’t need to scramble to another addy to respond to direct mail.
Right?
I try to stay ahead of disaster, kind of like preventative medicine.
H-E-L-P?
July 1, 2013 at 10:21 pm
I’m a tech dummy. I’ll stay tuned to learn with you.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:41 pm
I’m still waiting for the horses to pull the buggy into the frontier I must enter to become my own hero. Ugh.
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July 1, 2013 at 10:23 pm
I think all that will happen is that you will have an email that works. Nothing should explode or implode. Good luck & let me know how it turns out. 🙂
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July 5, 2013 at 8:40 pm
Still holding my breath. Someone mentioned changing subscriptions to newsletters, something that hadn’t occurred to me. Ugh. I’m waiting until internet behaves again and am sweeping out the cobwebs in my brain so I can concentrate… Thanks for the encouragement, Susan. Always nice to see you.
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July 1, 2013 at 11:02 pm
Wish I could help…
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July 5, 2013 at 8:37 pm
Thank you, Rebecca. Received lots of advice, now I must find the courage to step out of my comfort zone. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.
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July 2, 2013 at 2:19 am
I just changed from yahoo to hotmail recently. I took it slowly because I have a LOT of stuff “stored” in yahoo. Nothing really happens other than the hassle of telling everyone that you’ve changed your address. In my case it’s been easier because I wasn’t in a rush. But I do subscribe to an awful lot of stuff and get some business notifications that had to be changed on their records.
I hope I’m not misunderstanding your situation, though. Just try to pick one that isn’t yahoo since they are monitoring all incoming and outgoing emails for anything “suspicious.” Good luck!
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July 5, 2013 at 8:36 pm
So nice to meet you, Mandala56. Thank YOU. I must do what you mentioned here TOO and I’m not looking forward to it. It slipped my mind about my subscriptions to all kinds of newsletters. Whew. That would have been a disaster…
I have to change my blog e-mail and am working up the courage…Hope all’s well that ends well here also.
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July 5, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Aw, you know me, Jeanne from So Far From Heaven. Except now I have my own blog. It’s about time, huh!
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July 9, 2013 at 9:55 pm
YES, I do. I’m going to make sure I link up.
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July 2, 2013 at 4:19 am
It should work okay by changing the email, and setting your blog to accept the new one. and then it should then send all to your new one. but you have to make sure your blog is set to using it… good luck…
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July 5, 2013 at 8:32 pm
Thank you cobbies69. I’m still wringing my hands and working up the courage to grit my teeth and just do it. Someone suggested adding the new email as a secondary. So much to think about.
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July 2, 2013 at 5:35 am
If you go to DASHBOARD, then go to USERS, then PERSONAL SETTINGS you can see where you change your email. Your “bad” one should already be listed. Can you see if you can ‘add’ an email without getting rid of the old one? If not, I still think that is where you have to put the new one. I’ll be watching as well.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:31 pm
I’m still working up the courage, Colleen. I wondered if I couldn’t cover my butt by adding a secondary one to see what happens. I need to clear my desk, grit my teeth and concentrate. S-o-o-n. Thank you for the help.
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July 5, 2013 at 10:19 pm
I hope it gets resolved. Fingers crossed!
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July 2, 2013 at 6:29 am
Tess, I feel for you…I too am technically challenged. I can’t offer help but my thoughts are with you! Laurie
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July 5, 2013 at 8:28 pm
Thank you, Laurie. Yeah. I know the feeling. I’m working up my courage…
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July 2, 2013 at 7:53 am
http://sheilamariegrimes.com/2013/07/02/wonderful-team-member-readership-award-nomination-june-29-2013/
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July 5, 2013 at 8:27 pm
Sheila, you are TOO kind. Thank you.
I’m about half-way through a list I’ve had to catch up for the past year and a half. I’m getting there but I most likely won’t be answering all the ‘rules’ on all of these.
You have a nice smile.
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July 2, 2013 at 1:07 pm
I did that once a couple of years ago, and I had to rejoin all the blogs I belonged to. It really wasn’t that hard, but it did take awhile.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:24 pm
I’m such a lily-livered chicken…I’m working up the courage.
Nice to hear from you, Cee.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Anything that takes time makes me lose my track of though. Sooner of later, I must jump in no matter what. Thank you for the encouragement, Cee.
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July 2, 2013 at 3:19 pm
First, set up your new e-mail account. Whatever provider you choose. Personally, I have 6 different e-mail accounts. One account is specifically used for my blog, it is all it is used for.
Next, on your blog do the following:
Goto: General Settings => Change the EMail Address in box 3 (Admin)
(You will be sent an email to your new address, make certain to check your spam filter for this so your wordpress email doesn’t go to spam in the future. Confirm the change)
Save
Next
Goto: Settings => EMail Post Changes
Make certain the top box is not checked
Add your email into the next box if you want notification when you change a post or page (I do this for confirmation of changes to my own pages and posts).
Skip the next box unless you have a secondary email address.
Check Posts and Pages.
Save
You are done.
You should not have to do anything else.
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July 5, 2013 at 10:15 am
I’m so glad I saw this post and read your comment–thanks for giving so much detail. I’m considering making changes to my e-mail accounts and this will be so much help!
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July 5, 2013 at 8:08 pm
I still have to make changes to my Hotmail accounts too but this is about my blog e-mail only. I’m chicken when something is unfamiliar or new because I’m techie-challenged.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:23 pm
I’ve printed this, Valentine. Thank YOU. As soon as I work up the courage, I’ll point my nose carefully to the job.
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July 2, 2013 at 9:18 pm
It is not hard. I had to do it when my old email account was seriously hacked and I closed it and opened a new email account. Just open a new account wherever you want and then in WP go to your dashboard,settings,general, type in new address, save changes. You will get an email from WP at the new address to confirm it…do what it says and voila! no more email problems.
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July 5, 2013 at 8:20 pm
A wonderful cat mother, a fine photographer, a craft person, interesting writer and NOW, a techie too. Thanks, Patricia. I’m still working up my courage…
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July 5, 2013 at 8:28 pm
I am definitely no techie but I figure doing something on the computer is not brain surgery…if it goes wrong nobody dies. Have you asked in forums for help or WP support? . And you can always back everything up and if you lose it you can restore it. Or you can always ask a 12 year old to help. 🙂
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July 2, 2013 at 10:27 pm
Get rid of the dud one for sure! Out with the old (and dysfunctional) – in with the new! Happy days! 🙂
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July 5, 2013 at 8:14 pm
Hi Gigi. Must clear my desk and have complete quiet so I can concentrate. This techie stuff puts me around the bend.
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July 3, 2013 at 11:57 pm
Hello Tess. I just want to add I also had to reset all the blogs I followed. It reset a couple times, I’d find I would not be receiving alerts. But now it all seems settled.
Please accept Tess these two readerships awards . You are one of my most devoted readers and want you to know I am so grateful to you for this.
Accept them both how you choose. I just wanted to say i appreciate you.
Enjoy ~
http://barefootbaroness.org/2013/07/03/friendship-awards/
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July 5, 2013 at 6:37 pm
Did everything work out?
Don’t forget to add the new mail address to your gravatar.
(After three weeks of internet at snail’s pace, it’s a treat to catch up on the stories and photos. That’s why the slightly belated comments…)
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July 5, 2013 at 8:03 pm
So kind of you to ask, Delft. I haven’t made the change yet. My laptop went into the shop. Now internet is slow here too.
I need to push everything away to concentrate because I’m a ‘fraidy cat and a non-techie.
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