Poll: Do you have a separate e-mail address for work-related communication? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you have a separate e-mail address for work-related communication?".
This poll was originally submitted by Dave Bindon. View the poll results »
| | | | Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 17:05
English to French
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Supposedly yes, the only one I pay for = the slowest and least efficient (no Webmail, no spam filter)...
I turned things the other way around: I have 3 "professional" accounts, all free + one paid.
I also have several other "private" accounts to register on Websites when necessary, get promotional mail from local shops and stores, and "fun" from friends and acquaintances.
| | | | Mary Worby 
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:05
German to English
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I have one e-mail account for everything. Although I do have two e-mail addresses (one personal, one private), they both go to the same account and all e-mails come from the same address.
I also have a Gmail account, but it's basically dormant. I only set it up because I needed one to buy apps on my phone!
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:05
Spanish to English
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Otherwise my business correspondence would be lost among floods of spam, as I only use free mail (Yahoo, Gmail, etc).
For example, I have one email address I only use for proz/kudoz queries. I look at this when I have time, which is not regularly. I also have one which I mainly use when registering software etc, which doesn't get too much spam. I have another for pub quiz related items and general jokey stuff that friends send from time to time, and a gmail account which I use as ... See more Otherwise my business correspondence would be lost among floods of spam, as I only use free mail (Yahoo, Gmail, etc).
For example, I have one email address I only use for proz/kudoz queries. I look at this when I have time, which is not regularly. I also have one which I mainly use when registering software etc, which doesn't get too much spam. I have another for pub quiz related items and general jokey stuff that friends send from time to time, and a gmail account which I use as backup when Yahoo is on the blink. I also have a few others....
The address I use for my "business" purposes is also a freeby, from Yahoo, and it doesn't get a lot of spam either, so I must be doing something right. The only snag is that clients with excessive security tend to have systems that automatically reject anything that looks like spam, but forewarned is forearmed.
I also recently discovered I have more than one facebook account, one which I didn't even remember opening...
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 17:05
Member (2009)
English to German
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neilmac wrote:
Otherwise my business correspondence would be lost among floods of spam, as I only use free mail (Yahoo, Gmail, etc).
I have one email address for business only, although very urgent personal emails from 2 or 3 special friends are allowed. There are 3 or 4 (or maybe more) email addresses I can use for other correspondence.
Btw Neil - Happy (belated) Birthday.
| | | | | Only for the first contact | Jun 12, 2011 |
My web site hosting package includes 10 e-mail addresses, from which I use only one as my first-contact address. Since it is published on my web site, it gets a ton of spam from robots scavenging the web. The service is rather lame, so I open it on webmail (I could use POP3, but I don't), bulk-delete all spam, and redirect (one great feature available there) the worthy messages to my main e-mail address, from where I'll reply.
My main e-mail address is a premium service IMAP, no vol... See more My web site hosting package includes 10 e-mail addresses, from which I use only one as my first-contact address. Since it is published on my web site, it gets a ton of spam from robots scavenging the web. The service is rather lame, so I open it on webmail (I could use POP3, but I don't), bulk-delete all spam, and redirect (one great feature available there) the worthy messages to my main e-mail address, from where I'll reply.
My main e-mail address is a premium service IMAP, no volume limit. Amazingly efficient and effective intelligent antispam and antivirus resources. Quite inexpensive, some USD 7/month, yet there is no objection to me receiving terabyte-size attachments there. Messages are automatically deleted on their anniversary; for some USD 20/month I could keep them forever, however I prefer the other way.
I have yet a third address - it was once my main e-mail address - for about half a dozen Yahoogroups lists I subscribe to.
Though I use a lot of freeware - some excellent video-related programs are so - for some reason I've never trusted free e-mail services. ▲ Collapse
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I have 2 email accounts (my own domain) that I use for business purposes. One of them is made public on my website and on online profiles like my proz profile. If people contact me via that email, I answer them from the personalized veronica.lupascu email. This is mostly for spam protection reasons.
I also have 2 personal emails, one in yahoo and one in gmail. I use the yahoo one only for registering on websites and it is generally full of spam. I don't open it too often. The gmail... See more I have 2 email accounts (my own domain) that I use for business purposes. One of them is made public on my website and on online profiles like my proz profile. If people contact me via that email, I answer them from the personalized veronica.lupascu email. This is mostly for spam protection reasons.
I also have 2 personal emails, one in yahoo and one in gmail. I use the yahoo one only for registering on websites and it is generally full of spam. I don't open it too often. The gmail account is for my friends and family, for facebook and proz. I made separate folders for each category, so they don't get messed up.
I think having a domain name for your business email accounts is very important. This was the main reason I bought my domain name. ▲ Collapse
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i have one main address I use for work etc...another email address I also give out for clients, but it's mainly a CC address (gmail) and a yahoo address that is mainly for Paypal, online purchases etc.
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| Gmail is perfect choice | Jun 13, 2011 |
I used to have paid email, provided by my Internet provider. I never had so much spam like here.
I got daily around 50 emails and only 2-3 were related to me.
I switched to gmail/hotmail and my problem with spam completely disappear.
One thinks that if you pay for email, it should be good one and spam-free.
apparently not.
and another small joke: all my friends/business contacts who have this provider always complain that they are not getting emails in time, that th... See more I used to have paid email, provided by my Internet provider. I never had so much spam like here.
I got daily around 50 emails and only 2-3 were related to me.
I switched to gmail/hotmail and my problem with spam completely disappear.
One thinks that if you pay for email, it should be good one and spam-free.
apparently not.
and another small joke: all my friends/business contacts who have this provider always complain that they are not getting emails in time, that they are losing emails..
I can only recommend gmail/hotmail/yahoo ▲ Collapse
| | | | | No - I want to make it easy for people to find me | Jun 14, 2011 |
I think it confuses people to give out more than one e-mail address.
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