Most e-mail programs allow you to have more than one e-mail address and/or more than one e-mail identity . Some e-mail programs treat them as the same function, (each e-mail address is a completely different person) and other e-mail programs treat them as two separate functions, more than one e-mail identity (person) can have more than one e-mail address .

Choosing your e-mail address should be done with some thought. For your close friends and relatives you may want to use one e-mail address , the one that actually uses parts of your real name. For your business associates you may want to use another more professional sounding e-mail address . To sign up to receive mailings from jokes, news, stocks, etc., you may want to consider using a third e-mail address .

Usually you will have to sign on and switch identities or e-mail addresses and check all of them to see if you have any new mail. There are some software programs available that will check all your e-mail addresses at one time and let you know which have e-mails waiting for you to read.

You can also use a third party e-mail address software program such as Eudora, which is a free download. (Note - AOL does not work with third party e-mail address programs.)

There are also e-mail forwarding services that you can pay extra for to hide your real e-mail address .

Again depending on your e-mail program, and your experiences with e-mail addresses , will determine how your own e-mail address preferences will develop.

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