Thanks chaps .. err, yes, I pressed 2 to get connected to the 'you're leaving us' i.e. 'retentions team' option , whereupon I got to speak to the script reading moron I mentioned earlier, who plainly couldn't give a toss about my predicament. Bottom line: they just don't care
Thanks for the number
mixture, I will try it tomorrow. Early !!
Yes, all, bitter lesson learned about having an independent / non-ISP-related email account

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Domain name has tonight been purchased and forwarding enabled (Even if I don't really see why that is necessary simply because useless sodding Virgin can't connect a couple of wires
Funnily enough, having a Blueyonder email addy has never been a problem in dealing with people or businesses on a daily basis - a working email is a working email, which is all I really want.
CS