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XEyedBear's avatar
XEyedBear
On our wavelength
10 days ago

How to setup email account with VirginMedia

Because I have a chronic age-related memory problem, I need to read guidance on a number of really basic questions about setting up email accounts on my broadband service. Where do I find this guidance?

For starters: is there now such a thing as an email account with Virgin Media? If there is, is it provided and managed by Google as a gmail account?

Is such an account a POP3 (I think that is the correct designation) account such that I could access it with the Thunderbird email client on my PC? If so, where do I find VM details that I would need to enter into Thunderbird?

I used to have Thunderbird setup this way a few years ago before I switched to another broadband provider. How could I find out if any of those previous email addresses/accounts (virginmedia.com and ntlworld.com) still exist?

Pointers to answers would be greatly appreciated.

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ntlworld
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2 Replies

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    Alessandro Volta
    10 days ago

    If you previously left VM, any email addresses will be gone. VM no longer issues email addresses to new (or returning) customers.

    If you need an email address, you could set one up with one of the regular 'free' providers (such as Gmail, Outlook etc.) but you would set that up and administer it yourself.

  • Roger_Gooner's avatar
    Roger_Gooner
    Alessandro Volta
    10 days ago

    People who leave VM have a window (it might be 90 days) when their email accounts are still active, after that those accounts are gone.