Is It Bad To Function Without Your "Primary E-mail Account"?

[Mitchell]

I didn't see that I'd posted about this, so I figured I would: I have a question:

Since I've been home from NJ, my Comcast e-mail account has been frozen, and unusable.. Every time I try to log in, I just cant.

All of my work contacts, friends, relatives, TMF and Wu's Foot Forum registrations, are on my Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo accounts.

I know that Comcast is my "primary" e-mail, but the fact is, I hardly used it even when I did have it. It's difficult to type e-mails on it for some reason.

I know I could call Comcast to fix it. I havent had time with all thats gone on with my mom, the hospital, catching up on work, etc.

As everyone knows, this computer is only a month old, and to be honest, I'm afraid to have a strange tech messing around with it when the computer is fine.

So, my question is: Can I logically function without the Comcast e-mail, and just leave it unusuable, or should I get it fixed for the purpose of communicating with Comcast? Also, is there a point where too much spam mail would accumulate in there that it could damage my computer?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Mitch

 

[General Zod]

I don't see any reason that you can't go on without using the comcast email. I don't see how spam email gathering up could harm your computer. Most email inboxes delete the spam box in 30 days.

 

[Angel_2]

Not sure I understand, you have tired to use your other e-mail accounts to log into but you can't? maybe you forgot your password? did you try and retrieve your password by having the site you log into send your password to your e-mail adress? If nothing changes I would call tech support just to play it safe.

Don't worry about spam e-mails your spam florder will delete them in 30 days so even if there is build up it won't harm your computer.

 

[Leo tickles]

They would probably trouble shoot you on the phone for an issue like that. But in reality, no, you don't need it.

My primary account is with Yahoo. After about 8+ years with it now there spam has gotten to the point where I have to shift through pages to actually see legit emails. So, I logged into every website that was set up with the account, and switched it over to Gmail. Now, my primary is Gmail, while Yahoo serves only to allow me to register for websites which require it, but also send out a lot of spam.

Bottom line, nope, you don't need your primary email, or any email to really log into stuff if you're already registered for. However, if you want it, just switch it over to Gmail or a new Yahoo account and you won't have to waste time calling tech support.

 

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the feedback.

Angel, to clarify: The problem is solely with my Comcast email, not any other email account I have. I try to log in by typing my email addy and password, and I cannot log in to retrieve or view my emails on just that account. The Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail accounts are working fine.

Thanks for the advice, Leo. I use different accounts for my TMF and foot forum registration that I do for say, personal emails. I dont want to have notices from the TMF or foot forum, in the same box, as say, emails to friends or family.

I appreciate the advice. I guess I can function without the Comcast email. One day when things calm dolwn and I have the patience, maybe I'll call tech support to see if they can help me fix it, or open a new Comcast account.

Mitch

 

[Angel_2]

oh i see, well as long as all of the other e-mail accounts are working thats all that matters.