How many email addresses do you keep? - Democratic Underground

Robb

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:47 PM
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Poll question: How many email addresses do you keep?

...And why?

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rbnyc

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:50 PM
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1. 4

1 for job 1
1 for job 2
1 for signing up for junk
1 for friends and family

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xJlM

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:54 PM
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2. Just two

I keep a Yahoo! address I've had for years that gets a ton of spam, plus I've got my Roadrunner email which uses my real name. I only get political news there. Using Linux for email, any spam I get in my main box will only get there once before I add it to the kill file.

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sendero

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:55 PM
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3. Essentially infinite....

.... since email to "anyone" at any of several domains will come to me. But I really use about 6. :)

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Robb

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:55 PM
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4. I've got a ton

Six, now, and each has a specific purpose. I've got one for each thing I've got going, kinda.

I keep one at the Black Vault as my tinfoil-hat address. I've had people ask me if I run the site -- which is funny if you know me, funny regardless because it's all about (woo eee ooo) UFOs... :eyes:

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GOPisEvil

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Wed Oct-01-03 08:56 PM
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5. Lessee....

1. Work
2. Signing up for junk
3. Resume/official e-mail
4. One I use for DU semi-official stuff. VERY helpful in organizing Pitt's tour stop here. All my mail for that was in one place.
5. Friends and family.

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onehandle

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Wed Oct-01-03 09:05 PM
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6. Seven

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 09:07 PM by onehandle

1 .mac address for my main address
1 provided by isp
1 from my company
1 from one of my company's clients (who's site I'm on)
1 yahoo to keep the trolls at bay
1 for my blackberry (pager)
1 for my phone

I had an AOL id since their existence, but finally killed it a few months ago

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LWolf

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Wed Oct-01-03 09:05 PM
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7. oops.

I voted "2" but forgot one.

I have 1 email for me from my ISP.

One for work.

One yahoo mail that I've had for years. I think I got it because I joined a yahoo group and had to get a name and password. I don't really use it; just drop in and empty the bulk mail folder once in a while.

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VelmaD

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Wed Oct-01-03 09:05 PM
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8. Too damn many

1 for work
1 on yahoo for spam
1 on yahoo for fan girl stuff
1 on angelfire for website related stuff
1 shared on angelfire with best friend for different website stuff
1 on hotmail that I only ever used for one mailing list because I didn't have room on any of the others
1 on excite that I haven't checked in months and use for a couple of email lists
1 on AOHell - that's right, I said AOL *embarassed shrug*
and finally 1 on my webhosting server for all the squatters to contact me on with questions

See, I told ya...too damn many

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SOteric

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Wed Oct-01-03 09:14 PM
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9. I keep one for my home e-mail

which I also use in coordinating some of my work, and some of my activism efforts.

I have a separate and distinct one at each of two of my jobs. (So that's 3 now). I have no choice in the matter, they set them up for me. But I use those only for correspondence related to work, and both the servers are heavily monitored for employee mail.

And I have a web-based mail account that I use for subscriptions and to initiate correspondence with folks who are relative strangers, or those I'm concerned about for any reason.

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