Can I put my phone in" Limbo"

[LEO]

Is it possible to arrange to have FT telephone disconnected for a few months,thus saving rental costs, as we would have no requirements for a land line phone,

but still be able to send/receive emails via mail2web,as I normally do on a regular basis, during those particular few months?

my email address is not, hot mail ,it is  ...........@.wanadoo.fr

My total package with FT is about 40 euros a month inc livebox.

[AnOther]

Not sure what you are asking. If FT suspend/disconnect your line then that's it, you have nothing !

[LEO]

I thought if someone sends me an email,it sits up in a satellitte in the sky ,until I retrieve it.,regardless of my telephone connection.

[cooperlola]

 I don't know if this helps with your query Leo but my @wanadoo account is available to access via webmail even though they are no longer my isp.

[AnOther]

[quote user="LEO"]I thought if someone sends me an email,it sits up in a satellitte in the sky ,until I retrieve it.,regardless of my telephone connection.

[/quote]Yes although not in a satellite. Assuming the account exists then it sits on the relevant mail providers earthbound server until you retrieve it. You can usually set up a forwarding rule which sends mail on to another address so you never have to log into the original server at all.

[LEO]

Thanks for your answers so far guys,

I set up my internet account and email address with France telecom/wanadoo 4 years ago

I have never had any  problems  and always get online every time.

I have never opened or needed my Orange/Wanadoo email account as I manage all with Outlook Express when I am here and ,use  Mail2web  successfully ,when I am in Spain or UK.

I don't speak or read French ,and that is why I have not used my Orange email account.

[Judith]

[quote user="LEO"]

I don't speak or read French

[/quote]

So why, just out of interest, are you in France then?????

Without at least a little understanding of the language, I would have thought it impossible to live here.

[LEO]

Hi Judith,

I thought it would be better than living in UK and , produce a respectable level of income , with having holiday lets.

[Judith]

But I still don't understand how you manage without any French, which is what your post implies.

You must have to work / see / use French people sometimes????

[Will]

Don't worry, plenty of people seem to manage OK in France without being particularly good French speakers themselves.

Leo, I believe you may be thinking of FT/Orange's system for suspending phone lines in holiday homes, and the 'non-contract' broadband package that can be turned off and on again, although if you are doing this often it's better value to just have a normal contract.

As long as you have your password, you can access your wanadoo/orange e-mail accounts by web mail over any internet connection, anywhere.

[LEO]

Merci ,Guillaume.