Getting a new email address can be a very good idea. Particularly if your old email account was getting tons of spam. The one thing this article doesn’t say much about is spam but it’s the biggest reason people get a new email address.
It is easier to create a new email address than ever before, and it seems like every week I see one of my friends doing it. I don’t know how they manage it. Whenever I get a new email address, it is kind of a hassle. You see, I don’t keep very good track of my contacts. As a result, it takes me something like six months to figure out everyone I need to e-mail and get a message to them. Sometimes, I have permanently lost friends because of new email addresses. I haven’t known their email so, when later they have emailed my old address, I haven’t been there to get the message.
When I told one of my friends about this problem, he paradoxically recommended that I get a new email account. I was a little bit surprised, and I asked him his reasons. He told me that I could really benefit from a new email address. You see, many Web email domains have pretty sophisticated programs to help you keep track of all your information.
Not only do they have contact books (which I never use) but they also keep track of every email you send and receive and the address of the person sending or receiving it. That means that, without sorting through all your emails, you have a list of every email address you use. I know that Gmail does this, and I have heard that many other services do it as well.
He finally managed to talk me into getting a new email address. I had been a little bits hesitant, but he assured me that Gmail was quite easy to use. I finally gave in and tried it out. I decided to not cancel my old email account. I would keep both that and my new email address for at least six or eight months, switching between them and slowly moving people over to the new account.
I have to say that he was right – my new email address really does work better than my old one did. It is easier than ever before to send and receive e-mails, and I have a better idea of all the addresses I need to use on a daily basis. Nonetheless, it is still a bit of a hassle because of my bad habits. I need to find a better way to keep track of my contacts.
Getting a new email account is pretty simple and I recommend you have several that you can use in different ways. One for friends, one for business and one to use on the internet where you have to give an email address. Getting a new email address can make your life easier and more organized so open your new account now.