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WOF: How many email accounts do you use?

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Matthew, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. JDoors Newcomer, in training Posts: 62

    I have eight; one multi-purpose, one for important communications, two for when I'm not comfortable using the previous two, and four "anonymous" addresses for those times someone insists you give them an address but in fact there is absolutely no good reason they need one.
  2. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin Posts: 900

    I have four, but I only use two of them frequently. I use mostly my gmail, which also pulls messages from my school address. Then I have another gmail for things I think might be spam, or don't want to use my main address for, and lastly a Hotmail, which I only have used to get some Microsoft software.
  3. Per Hansson TS Server Guru Posts: 1,796   +66

    I use 3, one is only for Microsoft stuff plus messenger
    The other is a Yahoo address that I have had for a very very long time, it gets allot of SPAM but I'd say the catch rate is above 99% so I am happy with it
    Third is my Techspot address of course...

    I guess lastly there is also my business address, but that feels like it does not count :)
  4. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,894   +117

    2 that I use regularly.

    5 total.
  5. Archean TechSpot Paladin Posts: 5,735   +27

    I use five different addresses:

    2 hotmail, one for personal uses, one for subscriptions
    1 yahoo, for personal use
    1 pop3 account with local isp, for personal email; i used it in the past to send large attachments which the web base email wouldn't allow in the past, but frankly it has become bit redundant now, and i rarely use it.
    1 business
  6. Ithryl Newcomer, in training Posts: 53

    1 x Hotmail that I've had for quite a while and that's basically a spamyard now.
    1 x Personal email on my own domain that I use for all the important stuff.
    - every now and then I use a temporary email to register to a website that I don't trust with my mail
    - also a gmail account that I used in the beta of wave, but I'm not using it for any mails as Google is among the companies I trust the least with anything personal

    2 mails total that I use regularly then
     
  7. raybay TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 10,720   +6

    14 active. Three I consider "main"
  8. Jos TechSpot Staff Posts: 1,672   +22

    Two that I actively use: one for TechSpot and a Gmail account for personal emails (including websites I trust and use often). Then there's my Yahoo inbox which I only check every few months as it's used for registrations and stuff I don't want to be bothered with. I used to have a hotmail account for MSN Messenger, but I abandoned it completely many years ago when I found out I could use the service with my Gmail address.

    I access all accounts separately (Thunderbird for TechSpot + Gmail/Yahoo web interface) but I do funnel my TechSpot emails through Gmail as well to keep a backup archive and in case I need to access them remotely.
  9. twojpodlysyn Newcomer, in training

    4 gmail acc's, and probably about 10 random for subscriptions or sth
  10. slh28 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,683   +105

    1 Gmail for personal
    1 work email - however unfortunately Lotus Notes is the WORST email client ever.
  11. 3 active emails

    2 gmail and 1 yahoo, I gmail is for signing up for sites that are highly likely to send spam, other gmail is for business and yahoo is for personal use. I also have a couple emails from different IM services that I don't ever use.
  12. pretzelwagon Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

    1 Gmail for personal use
    1 University account (Google Apps)
    1 Work Account
    2 Older accounts for subscriptions and mailing lists

    5 Total
  13. grvalderrama TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 188

    1 hotmail acc
    1 gmail acc
    1 yahoo acc

    ;)
  14. where's the option to select "0" email?
  15. Yad Newcomer, in training Posts: 41

    4 accounts.
    1 Hotmail
    2 Yahoo
    1 Gmail

    :D
  16. 10 for normal use and 4 for special things...
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  18. kyosuke Newcomer, in training Posts: 47

    I have 17 email address......

    6 Yahoo
    3 AOL
    2 College
    1 Work
    3 Hotmail
    2 Gmail

    ..Most cause Xbox was giving free Xbox Gold to new email addresses
  19. kyosuke Newcomer, in training Posts: 47

    umm and 3 foreign address so 20
  20. Hi,
    I have 12 active: 7 for business and 5 for personal use.

    The 7 business accounts are divided into:
    - personal business email;
    - department email ;
    - security (router logs, UPS warnings, enterprise-wide anti-virus, specific proxy logs, etc)
    - mail (content filtering, logs from mail gateway, etc);
    - container1: forward of some other specific email accounts;
    - container2: forward of some other specific email accounts;
    - ndr messages (I know, it could be in Mail acc, but guess what....);


    Personal:
    - one for family and friends;
    - one for general purpose;
    - one for newsletters and other lists;
    - two old addresses for when I'm not confortable using any of above;

    I also have other 6 personal accounts which are active but I'm not checking them regularly.


    All of these email accounts, 10 are managed centraly in Outlook 2003 client where I have rules to place the emails in the correct folders and search folders to keep things in hand.

    Cheers,

    (WOW ! 79 accounts??
    With different passwords? Man!
    In face of the trouble that surely gives, I bet it feels VERY rewarding when you get spam in any of those accounts .... )