email shutdown
Australian internet service provider (ISP) and telecoms provider iiNet Limited (aka TPG, Internode and Westnet) is getting out of the email business.Instead of an outright shutdown, the core iiNet email services are being transitioned to “The Messaging Company” and after a possible period of free service (through September 15, 2024?), users will have to pay to maintain that email service.Multiple sources report that users are upset; for among other reasons, email aliases will not be transferred to the new email service and will be lost.Senders, you’re likely to see an increase in bounces at the iiNet domains as users abandon ship; surely not all of them will pay to transition to the new service, and even for those that do, they may lose some email aliases. You might want to reach out to iiNet users as soon as possible and offer them the ability to register an alternate email address.Should you
European telecommunications provider Orange has shut down email services in Slovakia. This means that the email domain orangemail.sk is no more.Orange notified users here that as of November 1, 2022 it is no longer possible to send or receive emails or SMS messages via the Orangemail service, and that users can access and download any existing messages through December 31, 2022.[ H/T: Jakub Olexa of Mailkit ]
US telecommunications provider Hargray offers broadband internet “throughout the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and the Savannah region of Georgia,” according to Wikipedia.They’ve recently posted notice that they’re getting out of the email business, indicating that as of February 2023, they will no longer offer residential or business email.Here you’ll find a timetable of wind-down in their different service regions, with the process beginning in December, 2022.It seems possible that some hargray.com email addresses could remain valid, if they’re business addresses used by employees of Hargray — I’m not really sure. Best to reconfirm, retire, or request an updated address from any hargray.com subscribers in your list as soon as possible.[ H/T: James T. ]