CHANGING MY EMAIL ADDRESS
If you are using Microsoft Exchange, you will need to contact your Microsoft
Exchange IT support.
Firstly create your new email address. If you use a free mail service, try a
Gmail account. Gmail is proving to be quire resilient. If you are using a POP3
account (Outlook) you will need to ask your IT sport to create the new account
for you and pass on the details to you.
Next, send individual emails to all your colleagues stating that you have had
your email address compromised and you have chosen to start a new email address.
Let them know they should ignore any emails they receive from your old email
address as someone else is using it. Advise them to delete any emails from your
old address and be careful of anything suspicious.
Next – you probably used your old email address for registering things like
warranties, log on for shops, banking and so on. You will need to contact all of
them advising them that you have a new email address and to use it in future.
Don’t stop reading legitimate email from your old address, keep checking it to
make sure you haven’t missed anybody and to verify your colleagues are actually
using your new email address. This overlapping period must take at least one
year. This is to accommodate annual reminders for things like rates, car tax
etc.
Neither course of action is ideal but this is an extreme problem which needs an
extreme solution.