Change Sign in email address

[J. Pack]

Simple question: I have a passport and I sign in to
Messenger with my email address. How do I change my
email address to another one without signing up for a new
passport?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

To do this, first, you need to save your contact list (it'll be deleted if you don't). Sign
into Messenger using your current Passport, click the File menu and then select Save Contact
List (if you're using MSN Messenger 6, click the Contacts menu instead of the File menu). 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 e-mail address.

Then, sign-in to your new Passport in Messenger (click the 'Automatically sign me in' if you
have Messenger automatically sign-in). Then, click the File menu, then select Import Contacts
from a Saved File (again, if using MSN Messenger 6, use the Contacts menu instead), 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

"J. Pack" > wrote in message
...
> Simple question: I have a passport and I sign in to
> Messenger with my email address. How do I change my
> email address to another one without signing up for a new
> passport?

[J. Pack]

That got it! Thanks a lot!

JP


>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings,
>
>To do this, first, you need to save your contact list
(it'll be deleted if you don't). Sign
>into Messenger using your current Passport, click the
File menu and then select Save Contact
>List (if you're using MSN Messenger 6, click the
Contacts menu instead of the File menu). 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 e-mail address.
>
>Then, sign-in to your new Passport in Messenger (click
the 'Automatically sign me in' if you
>have Messenger automatically sign-in). Then, click the
File menu, then select Import Contacts
>from a Saved File (again, if using MSN Messenger 6, use
the Contacts menu instead), 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
>
>"J. Pack" > wrote in message
...
>> Simple question: I have a passport and I sign in to
>> Messenger with my email address. How do I change my
>> email address to another one without signing up for a
new
>> passport?
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi JP,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"J. Pack" > wrote in message
...
> That got it! Thanks a lot!
>
> JP
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings,
> >
> >To do this, first, you need to save your contact list
> (it'll be deleted if you don't). Sign
> >into Messenger using your current Passport, click the
> File menu and then select Save Contact
> >List (if you're using MSN Messenger 6, click the
> Contacts menu instead of the File menu). 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 e-mail address.
> >
> >Then, sign-in to your new Passport in Messenger (click
> the 'Automatically sign me in' if you
> >have Messenger automatically sign-in). Then, click the
> File menu, then select Import Contacts
> >from a Saved File (again, if using MSN Messenger 6, use
> the Contacts menu instead), 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
> >
> >"J. Pack" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Simple question: I have a passport and I sign in to
> >> Messenger with my email address. How do I change my
> >> email address to another one without signing up for a
> new
> >> passport?
> >
> >
> >.
> >