Notifying senders of new email address

[jagooch]

I recently dropped gmail in favor of iCloud / Apple mail , and I want to let people know to update my contact information so that they use the correct email address going forward.

How would you do it? My ideas are -
1. email everyone in my contact list, which can get me flagged as a spammer.
2. Autoresponder in Apple mail that sends my correct address back to anyone who sends to the old address.

The gmail address is forwarding to Apple for now, but I want to turn it off in the next 6 months. I should be able to update all important update banks, forums, online stores, etc in that time frame.

 

[MBAir2010]

I personally emailed everyone that mattered to Lil ol me that googles is an evil entity and email me at darealdrake@me.com from this moment on.

 

[HenryAZ]

Email your contacts (break it up into smaller groups if you have a lot, to avoid the spammer issue). Keep your old account open for six months with it forwarding to your new account. You will be able to tell if a message was addressed to your new address or forwarded from the old. When the forwards die down or stop, kill the old account. Kill it after six months regardless. That is plenty of time for people with a clue to get to sending to your new.

 

[CloudSynced]

Don't forget to include it in your signature in a color, font, boldness that draws the eye. As long as it isn't someone you email daily, a signature isn't normally overlooked.

I'd setup an auto-reply for a week or so too though.