Windows Messenger

[Marian]

I am wanting to change my e-mail address because of the
excessive spam mail I receive, but I know that my Windows
Messenger that I use identifies with my e-mail address.
When I do make my e-mail address change with my provider
what must I do to make it work with my Windows
Messenger? I have Windows XP and did the Net Passport so
I could use Window Messenger about over 2 1/2 years ago
and I am clueless as what I must do now. I did go to
Microsoft support site, but when I read the part that
said I could make the e-mail address change only if it
was not part of a reserved domain, this went right over
my head! What do they consider a domain? Is that my
Internet provider? I would appreciate any information
that you could give me, as you can see I am not an
advanced computer person!!
Thanks

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Marian,

Some examples of the restricted domains are hotmail.com, msn.com, webtv.net, and dell.com
(there may be others here that I don't know of). E-mail addresses from these domains cannot
be changed. Assuming you're not using one of these, just do the following to change your
Passport e-mail address.

First, you need to save your contact list (they'll be deleted if you don't). Sign into
Messenger using your current Passport, click the File menu and then select Save Contact List.
The default filename should be fine, and just save it on your Desktop. If you don't yet have
a contact list, you can skip this. Go to the Desktop and verify that the file was created.

If you do have contacts, you'll want to delete them off your main contact list (after you've
saved them), so that they can remove the "wrong" address off their lists completely. Just
right-click each contact, and choose Delete.

Then, go to:
http://memberservices.passport.com/memberservice.srf and select 'Edit my .NET Passport
profile' and then under your current e-mail address click 'I want to change this', and enter
the new address.

Then, sign-in to your new Passport in Messenger (your new verification e-mail should be
arriving shortly). Then, click the File menu, then select Import Contacts from a Saved File,
then locate the file you just saved on your desktop and select it. Your contacts will be
readded, and they'll all need to add the new name to their list.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Marian" > wrote in message ...
> I am wanting to change my e-mail address because of the
> excessive spam mail I receive, but I know that my Windows
> Messenger that I use identifies with my e-mail address.
> When I do make my e-mail address change with my provider
> what must I do to make it work with my Windows
> Messenger? I have Windows XP and did the Net Passport so
> I could use Window Messenger about over 2 1/2 years ago
> and I am clueless as what I must do now. I did go to
> Microsoft support site, but when I read the part that
> said I could make the e-mail address change only if it
> was not part of a reserved domain, this went right over
> my head! What do they consider a domain? Is that my
> Internet provider? I would appreciate any information
> that you could give me, as you can see I am not an
> advanced computer person!!
> Thanks