Recently, residents in Bartholomew County were greeted by the bcremc.net email service ending notification in their inbox. This is not a scam or a phishing attempt. The bcremc.net email service is officially shutting down on June 10, 2026. If you’ve relied on this account for bills, personal contacts, or important documents, you need to act fast.

Don’t worry, you are not alone. I have prepared this guide that will teach you exactly what to do, step by step.

Deadline to remember: The @bcremc.net email service stops working on June 10, 2026. After that date, you will lose access to your inbox, so any emails you still need should be moved out well before then. There will be no extension.

Forward Messages Before bcremc.net Email ID Shuts Down

You may try to shift all emails on your own, but it isn’t as easy as you think. You can only forward one email at a time. Plus, you will have to keep track of the hidden email sending limits that are built into every modern email service for spam prevention.

One tip I would suggest before forwarding is to add your @bcremc.net email account as a trusted sender/whitelist/known contact. This tells the new email account not to treat incoming messages from @bcremc.net as spam.

Forwarding is the right approach only if you have a small number of emails (no more than 30) that you want to shift. However, for the vast majority of people, this would not be the case. Residents of Bartholomew County have been using their emails for many years and, over time, have accumulated thousands of important communications. Forwarding so many emails is not practical, not to mention the risk of missing data or sending duplicates.

Using a desktop email client is one other strategy I have recommended to users who were in a similar situation, like the people who got an EONI mail closure notice or were affected by the Ptera email discontinuation announcement.

Use a Desktop Client to Shift bcremc.net Email Messages

Do the following: get all the IMAP details for the bcremc.net email account, and likewise get the destination IMAP details.

Choose any desktop-based email client; you have many free and open-source options to choose from, like Thunderbird. It’s also highly likely that your computer already has one pre-installed (Outlook for Windows and Apple Mail for Mac).

Connect both the bcremc.net email and your target email account to the same client, one by one. After that, open a new instance of the email client and arrange both windows in a side-by-side, split-screen setup. Then grab a batch of emails from the source and drop them into the destination. Keep doing this until you have shifted all the emails.

This method may sound easy, but the moment you try it on your own, you soon realize its major flaws. First and foremost is the setup itself. If you haven’t used an email client before, adding a new account can be a bit tricky. Once you get past the setup stage and actually try to move emails with a cursor, there is a chance that a few emails will be missed. You will have no way of knowing, as drag-and-drop provides no tracking or completion reports. Then there is the issue of hardware; if your computer is a bit old, running multiple instances of heavy email clients can cause it to freeze or crash. This can have secondary consequences of data loss and downtime.

bcremc.net was generous with its email account distribution and provided users with multiple accounts. However, to transfer all of the data, you will have to repeat the entire process for every account individually.

Contact BCREMC official support staff by calling (888) 700-9982 from your registered mobile number. They should guide you through the auto-forwarding setup if you are facing any problems.

Some alternative email services offer the option to fetch email messages from a source account. One such example is Gmail. Unfortunately, the instructions on the official BCREMC page are outdated. In January 2026, Google ended Gmailify and POP3 email access. So there is no need to waste time; instead, try a solution that actually works.

The SysTools IMAP to IMAP migration tool is the perfect solution for all scenarios involving an email transfer between two different portals. This software works on both Windows and Mac, and it offers a 100% GUI setup with no scripts or code required. Just install it, and in a few clicks your data will be in the desired destination.

Manual move (forwarding or drag & drop)

  • One email at a time, with hidden sending limits
  • Repeat the whole setup for every account
  • No tracking, so missed or duplicate emails go unnoticed
  • Heavy on older computers and slow for large mailboxes
SysTools IMAP Migrator

  • Moves entire mailboxes in a few clicks
  • Handles multiple accounts without repeating setup
  • Tracked transfer, so nothing is silently skipped
  • Runs on both Windows and Mac with a simple GUI

SysTools IMAP Migrator

Migrate mailboxes between any two IMAP email accounts on Windows, with a 100% GUI setup and no scripts or code required.

SysTools Mac IMAP Migrator

Migrate mailboxes between any two IMAP email accounts on macOS, with a 100% GUI setup and no scripts or code required.

Get your free demo now, as time is of the essence. You won’t get any extension from BCREMC, so don’t delay any longer. Transfer all the necessary data out of your soon-to-expire account before the June 10 end date.

Conclusion

The bcremc.net email service ending announcement is true, and now you have a plan to deal with it. You can try out the manual method to shift your email profile, but I wouldn’t recommend it personally. The tool offers by far the quickest and safest option, so use it to move the data the right way.

Frequently Asked Questions

The service closes on 10 June 2026.

Use these settings:

  • Incoming IMAP Server: imap.everyone.net
  • Port: 993 (recommended, with SSL/TLS)
  • Username: your full email address ([email protected])
  • Password: your bcremc.net password

There are many options to choose from. Most people choose Gmail due to its advanced spam filtering and tight integration with Gemini AI. However, you can also go with a more privacy-focused alternative like Proton Mail.

Anyone in Bartholomew County who uses bcremc.net as their email service provider now has to look for an alternative.