
OK but...
...I'm not sure Microsoft and Yahoo! will care about losing people using their free webmail and may even appreciate the reduced cost?
Google has added a feature to its popular Gmail service that allows users to easily import email and contacts from their Hotmail, Yahoo! et al accounts. Mountain View’s new tool, which is powered by TrueSwitch, migrates messages and contacts from other webmail providers and is available for all new users who are happy to dump …
Ummm, try "Settings>Accounts>Send Mail As" to set the default From address
Also, when you compose an email, the From: field is a drop down box which lets you choose what address to send from for that particular email.
Not sure what your problem is really.
Paris, because she's the only one who should still be using a HOTmail address
Have Microsoft blocked the porting to Gmail?
I have just attempted to port from hotmail into gmail, and it isn't happening, apparently I'm not entering the correct email address and password in the gmail import wizard, yet I am fully able to log into the hotmail account.
Works great on Yahoo, I've managed to import all my old btinternet emails from an old account that Bt/yahoo wouldn't let me access,(I assume because I am no longer a Bt customer). Thanks, Google.