Switching to Gmail

We recommend a switch to Gmail for better email security, greater reliability, better spam and malware protection and superb synchronisation. Plus you get access to a whole range of Google apps including Drive for cloud-based data storage, Calendar, Photos and much more.

Here is what we recommend

• Download & install the Google Chrome browser software

• Create a new Gmail address at www.gmail.com

• Add your existing email address (BigPond/Internode/Activ8/etc)

• Label the incoming emails so you can see which sender has been used

• Import your existing address book or contact list

• Import your existing emails

• Configure each of your devices (phone/tablet/laptop/desktop/etc)

• Confirm your email is send/receiving/synchronizing as intended

• Advise re use of Gmail features

When we have completed the changeover, here is what you need to do

• Advise all of your contacts about your new email address

  • Noting that your previous email address(es) will work for as long as you want them to

  • Not an essential step, your contacts will work it out over time!

• Identify who is still using your previous email address

  • For regular contacts

    • Simply reply and alert them to the change individually

  • For organisations and web sites etc where you have used your previous email address as your login name

    • Go to the organisation website and change your login email address to your new Gmail address

  • Some organisations will only email you annually, ie for renewals etc

    • So it will take between one and two years to be sure you have changed everything over

  • Until you cancel whatever service you have with your existing provider, your previous email address will still work

    • and you will know who is still using your previous email address

  • When you do cancel your previous email address, make sure your provider actually cancels it

    • otherwise, anyone still using will send you an email thinking you have received it but it never arrives

    • test by sending an email message to your previous email address, it should "bounce back" with an error message

Please email computers@lcc.com.au or call us on 08 8682 1666 if you would like us to implement this process for you. We can do the entire job in our workshop, or on-site or we can login remotely, whichever you prefer. The cost will vary between $100.00 and several hundred dollars depending on how much we need to do. Once we understand your precise requirements we can give you a firm quote.