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Readers Respond: Share Your Tips for Switching Sweepstakes Emails Smoothly

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By , About.com Guide

I had to change the email address I use to enter sweepstakes unexpectedly when my email provider went out of business overnight. I've shared my tips for changing sweepstakes emails, but I know there are more great ideas out there. So if you have any tips on how you can make a smooth transition from one sweepstakes email address to another, please share them here! Share Your Tips

email for sweeps

I just went through that process. If you use roboform, you can go thru the list of passwords and login on them and change them there. I deleted a lot of them because some of the login's didnt work (the contest had expired). I also had a list of all the ones that the family enters. I use FF and I have individual folders set up for my sweeps and when I bookmark them I type in the date they expire and email address used for entering.
—Guest kbishop2

Just my regular e-mail

I'm sorry that happened to you Sandra.. Hopefully those winning sweeps will come in the mail! I just use my regular e-mail but I'm afraid to clean my computer of cookies, maybe it will erase all of my bookmarks and I'll lose all my sweeps!
—cforesto3

Email for Sweeps

This might be obvious but there are companies, such as google, yahoo, hotmail, etc that have been around a long time and most likely always will be. That is what I recommend using.
—chatab

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