How Many Email Accounts Do You Have?

How many email accounts do you have…2, 3, 17?

It is probably not a profound revelation, but most people have at least 2 email accounts. In fact, according to eMarketer (September 2007), of the 170 million U.S. email users, more than 94% (~160 million) have more than one email account and 65% of users (~128 million) utilize three or more accounts. And these stats do not even include social networking accounts, most of which provide electronic messaging. That means less than 6% of U.S. email users, a measly 10mm people, utilize a single email account.

Personally I have 4 accounts, but I only actively use two. I use one account for my business and a second for personal communications with friends and family. I rarely check my other two accounts, one of which is used for “junk” and “bacon” (newsletters and e-commerce) and the other, well, it’s a relic of a former life, a dormant account that I just can’t part with.

So how do you use your various email accounts? Why do you keep them separate, if you do?

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