Since the mid-90s, when the firm provided a “dial-up” internet service to people looking to get online, it has been offering a free email service to subscribers. But the Consumers’ Association – the body behind it – has decided to close it with only a few weeks’ notice affecting more than 5,000 account holders, many of whom are elderly and who will lose their Which.net email address. Which.net email addresses are a legacy of its old dial-up internet service, and while it hasn’t offered internet access for years there are, indeed, about 5,000 people still using the free email. Readers should also note that, similarly, Tesco has warned anyone with a Tesco.net email address that they have until 27 June to switch provider. After that date the email address will no longer receive email, but users can set up a forwarding service, which will remain in effect until October.

Source: The Guardian April 15, 2018 06:00 UTC