Am I Really That Odd?

[gnomi]

OK, yeah, I am. But in this case, I'm not so sure. Here's the deal. At the aforementioned family gathering, I was talking to a cousin I don't see very often, and we were trading e-mail addresses. I gave her one of my "social-business" cards (not to be confused with any of my various business-business cards) and commented that the e-mail address on the card was the best of my multiple e-mail addresses to use. And my cousin was shocked to hear that I had multiple e-mail addresses. But as I count them, I have six:

-- one at sff.net (my "default" address for sending mail)
-- one at world.std.com/theworld.com (not used very much, but still gets e-mail)
-- one at my_real_name.com (where, for instance, my LJ mail goes)
-- one at asknomi.com (where a lot of list mail goes and the one I use for replying to feedback)
-- one at the Press (for Press business)
-- one at work-work (for work-work business)

So, am I a complete freak for having 6 e-mail addresses?

Comments

Re: About One Hundred and Eighty

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

About half are personal and half are for work, and I maintain just two mailboxes, both on the same system.

The system is a bit complex, as you might imagine, but in the end I have a very nice system that gives me privacy and control. Oh, and if I fill out a form that asks for my snail mail address, I give 'em a room number that corresponds to the email address... so I can tell who's been naughty and sold my address.