GMX

• GMX MailCollector will migrate emails from Lycos accounts, retrieve emails to Lycos addresses until these shut down
• Wide selection of free first-choice addresses available

23 January 2009, London: GMX, www.gmx.co.uk, the free email service for more than 11 million active users, today reached out to the estimated 100,000 Lycos UK customers who will lose their email accounts as a result of their provider’s suspension of its European email service. GMX offers all former Lycos users a totally free migration for all their mails.

In a short number of weeks, all Lycos UK email customers will be forced to find a new email address, many of whom have loyally used theirs for many years. As a highly-valued aspect of our communication, personal email is today an integral part of our lives and our identities. In addressing the challenges Lycos UK users face, signing up to GMX can help. In particular, the GMX MailCollector feature can perform the following within seconds – migrate all emails from closing Lycos accounts to a new GMX account and retrieve all emails to Lycos addresses until these are shut down. All Lycos UK users need to do is register a free GMX.co.uk account and insert their old Lycos email address and password into the GMX MailCollector.

A major headache for Lycos UK customers will be finding attractive email addresses similar to their Lycos ones, from an established reputable provider. GMX may prove the ideal solution for many such users. Whilst GMX draws on over a decade of email expertise and is well placed to offer a reliable, secure service, GMX.co.uk offers an unrivalled selection of attractive addresses such as myname@gmx.co.uk. In addition, Lycos UK users can expect 16 times more storage capacity, free POP3 access and professional AntiSpam.

Eva Heil, Managing Director, GMX, said, “Being forced to change email accounts at short notice can be a nightmare. We believe that GMX MailCollector can really help such users and hopefully GMX make email easier and a little more pleasurable for them moving forward”.

A recent survey of 1800 UK consumers1 commissioned by GMX, found that Britons are heavily reliant on their free email services, with the average Briton using 2 separate personal accounts, and checking them on average 2-3 times a day. Some 1 in 3 people (33 per cent) surveyed were expressed stress about keeping up to date with their personal emails. GMX aims to reduce the concern of users needing to change provider, including Lycos UK users, and GMX technology can help to ease the migration of their valuable emails.

With over 11 million active users, GMX offers a reliable, secure email service coupled with great looks, great performance and state-of-the-art functionality. Free email has grown up, find it at GMX. The new free email service can be seen at www.gmx.co.uk

¹ 1849 UK adults surveyed by Tickbox.net in 2008 via electronic feedback form