How do I change the email address I receive my email alerts at?

[simplydamon]

1. Login to your account.
2. Click on searches.
3. Click on email alerts.
4. Choose the email address you would like to receive alerts at from the dropdown box.

Abracadabra! You are now going to receive the alerts at the email address you selected.

Note: If you haven't established a MySimplyHired account, you will need to cancel the alert(s) to establish a new email alert with the information you want (email alerts w/o an account can't be modified). Create an account today!

[kalai]

When you go to a major ISP or free email service, thousands, perhaps millions, of people were there ahead of you. All the simple, easy to remember or "cool" names are already in use by someone else. That's why when you ask for your first name as an email name, the service may respond by recommending instead that name followed by a string of random numbers. "Leo" is probably taken, but "Leo83545" may not be. There's simply no way around this, other than perhaps trying different variations or different free services until you find something you like. Pay services are probably even less flexible, and may well simply assign you a name without any flexibility.

The most bullet-proof solution is to register your own domain name. If you're even a little internet-savvy, it's not difficult to do so yourself, and many ISPs will also do it for you. For an annual fee you get your own internet domain, like "example.com". Most registrars and ISPs will then provide email forwarding, so that "you@example.com" can automatically be forwarded to whatever your "real" email account is. Even if you change your real email from a free Hotmail account to a Yahoo account to an MSN or AOL account - changing where "you@example.com" goes to means your email will always reach you.
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