# How many e-mail addresses do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702 "2006-02-09T17:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/21 "2006-02-09T22:33:10Z")
Two - one for personal and one for work, although my “work” email address is also a Yahoo account (with only 4 of us, we don’t have an email server). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/22 "2006-02-09T22:34:48Z")
An infinite number through a catch-all on a domain, but one that I use regularly there. Another on a different domain for a website I set up for a local museum. Hotmail, which I regularly use, and Yahoo/AOL/Gmail ones which I hardly ever look at. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/23 "2006-02-09T22:44:53Z")
Three: One work, one personal, and an older personal one that is the address I registered for Paypal, and I can’t figure out how to change it without going through this whole re-verification rigaramole. That one gets checked once every couple weeks, or when I send money through Paypal. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/24 "2006-02-09T23:26:31Z")
1 work e-mail 1 ISP e-mail Hotmail/MSN 2 hotmail, 1 MSN (previous ISP). One may be deleted by now, since I don’t remember when I last logged in. Yahoo 2 - 1 that I set up for friends, 1 that was for professional e-mail lists. gmail 3 - 1 primary personal, 1 for a specific e-mail list that generates lots of mail daily and 1 for throw-away sort of stuff. So thats at least 9, possibly 10 if the one hotmail still exists. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/25 "2006-02-09T23:27:47Z")
Two: work and uni ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/26 "2006-02-09T23:31:34Z")
2 that I use daily; one of which is yahoo. I like yahoo because I can check it anytime, anywhere and I can email documents to myself for printing at work since I don’t have a printer at home. Also, an old AOL address that I rarely check…thanks for the reminder! ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/27 "2006-02-09T23:35:58Z")
About a hundred and twenty at the moment: I run my own mail server, and anyone I have to give an e-mail to gets a custom one all their own (business and places likely to spam, I mean – not Mom and Dad.) They all redirect to a few common accounts until/unless the e-mail address starts receiving spam, then it gets cut off and doesn’t redirect to anywhere. As a bonus, I always know who sold my address. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/28 "2006-02-10T00:01:28Z")
At least seventeen. But I run several websites. I’m ashamed to admit this, but I have no clue how to re-direct an email address. ---
**Author:** ![uncircular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uncircular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncircular)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/29 "2006-02-10T00:07:03Z")
My email system allows an unlimited number of separate mailboxes. You just have to put a dot into the name, like [uncircular.1@myisp.net](mailto:uncircular.1@myisp.net) I never use the main name except for relatives. All site registrations get a separate number. Then if one of them sells the name to a list company I can just abandon it with a filter based on the number. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/30 "2006-02-10T00:16:23Z")
Seven. No, eight. Nine? …I’ll start again. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/31 "2006-02-10T01:49:59Z")
1. For my real name: 1 work account 1 home account 1 [Excite.com](http://Excite.com) account For my Doper name: 1 home account (my provider gives 4 free address that all feed to the same account) 1 [Excite.com](http://Excite.com) account Since getting a home account with my Doper name, the Excite accounts are pretty much only for registering to web sites. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/32 "2006-02-10T02:06:55Z")
Four: Personal, work, blog, junk ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/33 "2006-02-10T02:24:06Z")
Three: one is my diminutive+maiden name, which is personal - stuff from my family and friends. Another with my full married name which is for “official” stuff - work and school. A third one for when I want to protect my identity (like here, although I make no secret about my first name). ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/34 "2006-02-10T02:29:40Z")
Two ‘real’ ones with my ISP Three Hotmail Three Yahoo Two Lycos The difficulty is remembering all the passwords. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/35 "2006-02-10T03:07:50Z")
One at work. Six at home. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/36 "2006-02-10T04:01:23Z")
Six: One at work. One for family/friends. One for non-family professional use (also used by some friends). One for IMing. One for my ISP, that I never use. One for random internet spam-type stuff. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/37 "2006-02-10T04:15:07Z")
Let’s see: 1 Yahoo 1 Hotmail (for spam and MSN Messenger) 3 GMail 1 AOL (came with my AIM login) 1 ISP 1 University account Wow, only 8. Feels like I’m missing a couple. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/38 "2006-02-10T08:55:51Z")
Lets see… 1 .mil address (had a .gov one, but lost it when I joined the Army) 1 .co.uk address Not sure if this one is still active, never use it 1 .net My main address 1 .com Junk mail address 1 .co.ca address, not used, just part of my collection of different ass endings for my email to have. 1 .co.kr not even sure exactly what the full address is without looking it up. Supplied by my ISP. So I guess 6. I might have some old hotmail, yahoo addresses, but I wouldn’t know what they might be. -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/39 "2006-02-10T09:12:50Z")
1. Any more would get _way_ too confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702/40 "2006-02-10T09:50:37Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > About a hundred and twenty at the moment: I run my own mail server, and anyone I have to give an e-mail to gets a custom one all their own (business and places likely to spam, I mean – not Mom and Dad.) > > They all redirect to a few common accounts until/unless the e-mail address starts receiving spam, then it gets cut off and doesn’t redirect to anywhere. As a bonus, I always know who sold my address. I do the very same thing. I’ve got about 5 domains and they all dump to a single email. When I need to use a email address to signup for something I’ll use the domain name as the username. So, let’s say it was [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) the email I’d give them is [amazon-com@mydomain.com](mailto:amazon-com@mydomain.com) In one case I had my address sold off from a small music site. I sent the ower of the site an email and called him on it. He went nuts on me in the reply. Threatened to hack my servers, sue me for slander, etc. I canceled my account on the site and set up a forward - all the email from that one address to his. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-e-mail-addresses-do-you-have/343702.md?page=3)