Email Archaeology

A word of advice. Don't ever have an email address for seven
years...and then decide to change it! Lynn and I finally
decided to change our "main" email to Yahoo and I've spent
the last few days going through several thousand emails in
our old Earthlink account, deciding what to transfer to the
new account and what to send to the etheral trash bin. What's
amazing is how it's like an archaeology dig into one's past.
There are some things in there that I had completely forgotten.
Fortunately there are only a few emails that my T-3-riddled
brain couldn't figure out at all. Each layer (folder) dug
deeper into the past, like a big lasagna of information.
I'll be glad when it's finally done, but now I feel a bit like
Raiders of the Lost Email...and I'm looking for that treasure-
laden email that says I'm a millionaire. Oh wait...I did get
some of those...but they were from Nigeria...I deleted them.

Options and Decisions

To most people, changing your email address is no big deal.
To us though, it's our lifeline to civilization and how we
keep in touch with everything off-Ice. Family, Friends,
Business, etc. It's pretty important. For years many years
now Lynn and I have kept the same email address with Earthlink
and since we started it so long ago in the days when email was
fairly new, there was a charge attached to maintaining it.
Finally, we've said enough is enough and are going to stop
forking out money so we can keep someone in Silicon Valley
outfitted in new sports cars every year. Our new choice will
probably be either Yahoo or GMail (yes, both are owned by folks
in Silicon Valley driving sports cars), but both services are
free and it won't be quite as painful to our bank account.
After we decide which to choose, the hard part begins...letting
everyone we correspond with know our new address...changing
forms, calling people etc. I don't even want to think about
how long it will take to forward important emails from Earthlink
to our new account, whichever we choose. Anybody want a part-time
job?