If you have a new email account, created by you or someone else, your best bet is to create a new email address and forget about the old one. Since the account was new it's unlikely that you would have informed many people about it... and even if you have, you can tell them about the change in your email address. Though recommended, you don't need to delete your previous email address. Accounts from services like Gmail or Hotmail will automatically be closed after a specified period of inactivity - just remember never to sign in at the old account. Having said that, most, if not all, free email services let you delete your email address and close the account quickly. What if you have an account from a service that doesn't let you close an account? This is not such a big issue. Remember, email addresses are not social security numbers of which you can have only one which stays with you till the day you die. Don't like the email address? Heck, go to one of the free services and create a second email account - refer that link for instructions or pick up one from below. But, as I mentioned in the beginning, if you've been using an email address for a long time there are other options you should look at.
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