O2 Webmail is now closing down - it's official !

[Anonymous]

I have been an active O2 webmail user for many years and during this time we have been told countless times that the O2 webmail service is closing down.   Despite this, I have CONTINUED to use the O2 webmail service.  Athough recently, I have experienced major time delays in getting my email.    I can still logon and send emails from my webmail address without any problem.    Yes, that's right.

However, all good things must end, so they say.    I have just received a message from The O2 Team confirming that the webmail service will be closing on Monday 20th June 2016.  

I am very pleased that O2 made the decision to write to all their webmail customers.   Which I can tell you is quite out of character for O2..    Usually we are kept completely in the dark.     Anyway, credit where it's due!

I shall be very sad to lose my webmail facilities and I have arranged to transfer all emails to SKY.   I am  hoping that the O2 forwarding service actually works.

Goodbye and good luck !

Fishtank.

[jonsie]

You must be one of a few who didn't get notification from O2.

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

O2 didn't tell me!!!  Service from O2 has deteriorated so much in recent times (since they sold off the home broadband). But the webmail shut down seems to coincide with a major problem that I've been getting with my o2 email seemingly hacked late June and my not being able to access the webmail to change my password.

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Well the closure date was announced as the 20th June. So that's probably the reason you started having problems about that time?

[MI5]

Please send a pm to @Toby and he will look into it for you.

[Beenherebefore]

@Anonymous but in June 2013 you said you'd closed your account !

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Welcome-News/News-about-O2-s-Home-Broadband-and-Home-Phone-Service/m-p/490570#M6383

[jonsie]

Good find

Mind you, in the grand scheme of things 3 years isn't long....

[Cleoriff]

Perhaps they closed the Sky broadband account....but kept O2 webmail?

I know when Virgin took over NTL world...I never changed my email address (ntl) till a few years after.

By then we had left Virigin and moved to BT.......

[MI5]

I've still got an ntl email.

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
I've still got an ntl email.

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So has my eldest lad....(despite Ray telling him to change it)

[Beenherebefore]

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@MI5 wrote:
I've still got an ntl email.

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Better post a rant on their forum then 

I have 2 x Wanadoo addresses.....and I still use them !!.....I get very little spam on them even though I use them for online shopping.

[MI5]

No need or desire to change mine it's also linked to more accounts than I can remember.