New home I am moving soon to a new town, which of course means a new street address and new phone number. I am worried that my e-mail will get lost during my move and may never find me again as it will not know my new location. When you are established at your new homestead, you simply log into your provider, possibly at a new phone number. Your mail will find you. In reality, your e-mail name and address gets translated by the Internet into a number which is unique to you.
People often visualize messages as flitting around cyberspace until they find their mark.
Except for a fraction of a second while in transit, your mail is stored somewhere. Think of it as magic, which is my way of saying that I don't quite understand enough of the details to explain it. There is no need to give any forwarding instructions unless you change your Internet provider. All I need to do is tell my computer the Internet address of the mail server of my provider. This is stored under my browser preferences in my travel laptop.