Yes it is true. The last couple weeks sprint has been sending out a letter informing customers that they are discontinuing "sprint" email.
Dear Valued Customer,
Sprint is committed to keeping you informed of changes to your wireless products and services and providing you with the best solutions to meet your needs. Our records indicate that you currently use our free email service, PCS Mail. Through our efforts to continually evaluate our offerings, the decision was made to discontinue PCS Mail on December 31, 2008.
To ensure you are prepared for this change and have continued access to your emails, listed below are four recommended steps to take before December 31, 2008:
1. Sign up for a new email account with an email provider
2. Transfer your existing emails to your new email account
3. Save and transfer your contacts
4. Install our free Mobile Email for instant access to your email accounts
Please visit
www.sprint.com/pcsmail to learn more about these steps and possible service alternatives.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to continuing to serve your communication needs.
Sincerely,
Sprint Product Management
Basically if you have and email that is "username@sprintpcs.com" you wont be able to use it after Dec 31.
Not to confuse with your vision username which is the same, only the email service is being discontinued. So for people like me who use sprint mail for website registration, now have to go to all the random websites I registered for using this email and change it. Cause if I need a password reset its gonna go to a non-existent email account....Major Suckage...
FYI- Also if you have your sprint mail set as your outgoing server for your pop mail...this will stop working as well...
As a sprint rep, we have been giving customers an alternative work around. USE GMAIL! lol oddly enough it works just fine as an outgoing server.