How long have you had your current e-mail address?

~~Nik00117~~ · 09-03-2007, 01:18 PM

I got my Gmail account on 7/12/05, so well over 2 years that I have had my account which before hadn I had switched at least every 6 months or so.

Just wondering how long have you guys maintained your current e-mail accounts...

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 09-03-2007, 01:19 PM

almost 3 years

troy91 · 09-03-2007, 02:10 PM

I've had my gmail account since 12/05 so under 2 years for me.

Zazula · 09-03-2007, 02:30 PM

Which one? I have more than 20 email addresses that I manage. Still, my basic one has remained unchanged since 12/1996.

**nickster_uk** · 09-03-2007, 02:35 PM

I've been using my hotmail account for about 8 years now but it's no longer my main account. I have two POP3 accounts too which I have used for a couple of years and one other POP3 account which I use to register for things so I don't mind if it gets spammed.

HawMan · 09-03-2007, 03:02 PM

Ive had my hotmail account for about 7-8 years, and i still use it.

ebackhus · 09-04-2007, 12:19 PM

Yahoo and Hotmail I've had since 1997. My satx address I've had since 2001.

**K-B** · 09-05-2007, 08:24 AM

2004 i think

**Midnight Tech** · 09-05-2007, 08:26 PM

Had my main one ever since I ventured into this fine world of the internet...at least 6 years.

valmad · 09-06-2007, 12:14 PM

I also manage numerous accounts but my first account, which i still use, was created back in 1995.
So that's something like... 12 years... wow!

**Joefireline** · 09-06-2007, 03:57 PM

I have a few, but my main one, about 5 years.

JohnthePilot · 09-06-2007, 04:00 PM

Again, like others, I've got several, but my main one about 10 years.

**Glaswegian** · 09-06-2007, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnthePilot

Again, like others, I've got several, but my main one about 10 years.

Snap!

JohnthePilot · 09-06-2007, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glaswegian

Snap!

Copycat.

**gistek** · 09-06-2007, 05:43 PM

I've been gistek since 1993, but the isp has changed several times because of moves. I had a mail.com account that I used as my primary for about 15 years, but quit with them when they refused to add a "safe sender" function. I had subscribed to an e-newsletter, but couldn't receive it because mail.com thought any e-mail with more than 30 addressees was spam. (this one had almost 40 addressees, it was a small club)

I got a yahoo address in 1999, but mainly for a webpage - e-zine I was thinking about writing.

**karusho** · 09-07-2007, 12:35 AM

7/19/05

**scathe30** · 09-07-2007, 02:19 AM

I have my current e-mail address for 3 years already. I'm not going to change it. I mean personal address

chauffeur2 · 09-07-2007, 03:17 AM

I've had my hotmail email for over 20 years!

**Glaswegian** · 09-07-2007, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chauffeur2

I've had my hotmail email for over 20 years!

Has e-mail been in existence that long?

Zazula · 09-07-2007, 08:58 AM

I've always thought Hotmail was launched in '96...

09-03-2007, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	How long have you had your current e-mail address? I got my Gmail account on 7/12/05, so well over 2 years that I have had my account which before hadn I had switched at least every 6 months or so. Just wondering how long have you guys maintained your current e-mail accounts...

09-03-2007, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
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09-03-2007, 02:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
troy91 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 29 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I've had my gmail account since 12/05 so under 2 years for me.

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Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? Which one? I have more than 20 email addresses that I manage. Still, my basic one has remained unchanged since 12/1996. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

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09-03-2007, 03:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,938 OS: Win XP My System	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? Ive had my hotmail account for about 7-8 years, and i still use it. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

09-04-2007, 12:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,249 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? Yahoo and Hotmail I've had since 1997. My satx address I've had since 2001. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

09-05-2007, 08:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
K-B Moderator, Linux Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY Posts: 2,876 OS: Vista, Ubuntu My System	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? 2004 i think __________________

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09-06-2007, 12:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
valmad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 181 OS: XP	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I also manage numerous accounts but my first account, which i still use, was created back in 1995. So that's something like... 12 years... wow!

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Joefireline Enthusiastic TSFer~Joseph Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portishead (Bristol) England Posts: 5,319 OS: Windows 7 64bit(Desktop) / XP Home SP2(laptop) My System	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I have a few, but my main one, about 5 years.

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gistek Folding Along Join Date: May 2007 Location: PA, USA Posts: 1,904 OS: Bobbi=xp, sp3 Muse=Vista Home Premium	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I've been gistek since 1993, but the isp has changed several times because of moves. I had a mail.com account that I used as my primary for about 15 years, but quit with them when they refused to add a "safe sender" function. I had subscribed to an e-newsletter, but couldn't receive it because mail.com thought any e-mail with more than 30 addressees was spam. (this one had almost 40 addressees, it was a small club) I got a yahoo address in 1999, but mainly for a webpage - e-zine I was thinking about writing. __________________ I am not a computer professional, My advice comes from personal experience and/or friends who are computer professionals. Learn By Doing Un-versity Interested in Search and Rescue? Check out the Civil Air Patrol. Come Fold with us. TSF Folding@Home Team

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scathe30 Land of bears and vodka Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 837 OS: MacOs,Windows	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I have my current e-mail address for 3 years already. I'm not going to change it. I mean personal address __________________ The moving finger writes; and having writ Moves on, nor all thy Piety, nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy Tears wash out a word of it...

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chauffeur2 Manager Emeritus Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,180 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I've had my hotmail email for over 20 years! __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!!

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Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: How long have you had your current e-mail address? I've always thought Hotmail was launched in '96... __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC) Last edited by Zazula; 09-07-2007 at 09:00 AM.