Kapt,
You probably won't thank me for throwing other equations into the melting pot, but I'll do so anyway.
For future email addresses, I highly recommend registering a domain name, like kapt69.co.uk. You'd then be able to forward mail for <anybody>@kapt69.co.uk ('anybody' being
you@..., the_wife@..., the_goldfish@.... etc.) to whatever ISP you happen to be using. You, your family, your pets then have a permanent email address as long as you pay for it (a few pounds a year). If you want to switch ISP in future, you just change the forwarding rules to match your new ISP , but keep the same mail address.
I've just checked and, amazingly 'kapt69.co.uk' is not already registered, so you could snap it up if you're quick. But who knows, you may be able to think of something even better.
There's various sites who make it all easy for you. Personally, I use
www.freeparking.co.uk, take a look - it's easy to see if your preferred domain name would be available, and how much it would cost. For example, .com names are a little more expensive that .co.uk, but not much more if you feel happier with a .com.
- 7LM