Renewing my .mac account

My .mac account expires like tomorrow. I don't necessarily want to have the same name that I have now, for when I renew my membership for .mac. I would like to use the primary name that I have now as an alias. Is there a way to do this without deleting all my other aliases and emails that I've saved on my primary account now? Or would I have to painstakingly save all those emails on my computer somewhere, give up my other aliases, start from scratch and just create a new account? I couldn't find anything on this on the renew account page. Neeone know? I'd really appreciate it. Thanx!
-Kathryne

You might find this forum might provide a better result to your question. This is the .mac forum
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=116

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