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eMail: lots of accounts, no organisation
Nik_Doof | Jul 11 2006
My name is Andrew, i'm 24, and i'm a email-account-oholic My Thunderbird is jammed packed with email accounts, from general day-to-day usage ones, to one shot "i need a email account for this mailing list" accounts, and thats not even counting the 20ish forwarders i have on the server-side, Add to that two gmail accounts and i've got a right royal mess. Within the next week or so my old server is finally going to be decomissioned and i'm moving my hosting solution to a new provider so this presents a oppertunity to give my email accounts a spring clean. My question is: how do the people of 43F handle their email accounts, do you have seperate accounts for types of mail (such as personal mail, public email address, mailing lists) or a catch-all solution? Any hints or recomendations would be much appreciated. 14 Comments
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 I agree with PaulSubmitted by Lachia on July 11, 2006 - 12:17pm.
I have three address, and don't let myself accumulate any more than that. I have my school address, which as a grad student means anything involving my classes and work (which also includes any extension or trade work in my case). I have my gmail account for personal correspondence. Last, I have a yahoo account as a throw away. I use this for internet garbage as well as newsletters, or if someone wants my email address, but I'm not yet sure if I want to provide them with full access to my regular life. I find this separation works very well for me. Also, I know that I can keep my yahoo and gmail accounts indefinetly so I won't have to worry about transporting any of those contacts when I leave school. And once I do leave school for the "real world" I know that I will be provided another account to which I can transfer all those contacts. » POSTED IN:
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