Tools and Techniques: February 2006 Archives

If you answered "one", I'm here to tell you you're setting yourself up for a lot of spam, viruses, abuse and who knows what else. Heck, if you answered "two", there's still room for improvement.

Yes, I believe that anyone who uses email extensively (and who on the internet doesn't these days?) needs at least three separate email addresses. Perhaps even three separate email accounts. Accounts and addresses are most definitely not the same, and I'll explain why that's important in a moment.

In my opinion, the days of using just a single email address are long past. Fortunately ISPs are getting wise to this as well, and with the plethora of free email services, it's easy to have a virtually unlimited number of email addresses. If you happen to own your own domain, then the possibilities are virtually endless.

But why would you want more than one? And assuming you have more than one, how should they best be set up?