How long have you had your mail email address?

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
62,884
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Hmmm...when did gmail become a thing? 2004? 2005? There abouts.

I had a .pacbell email address for about 15 years...then, with all the changes, (pacbell>SBC>AT&T) plus Comcast finally brought better & cheaper internet to my area)I finally gave them up.

(yes, there was a several year overlap)
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
94,999
15,122
126
gmail 2004, earlier ones are gone. actually my mail.com is probably still alive.
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
58,144
12,318
136
My oldest currently active one is my first gmail account, September 2004.
 

Grey_Beard

Golden Member
Sep 23, 2014
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25+ years. The second one I ever had. The first was an AOL one. Remember, “You got mail” when you logged into your account?
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
110,587
29,213
146
gmail from the beta year.

Gave up my Hotmail some years ago...had that one since 97 or so?
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
58,144
12,318
136
Yeah, I had my firstname.lastname at hotmail and I abandoned it to spam back in the early 2000s.
 

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
21,241
19,740
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I bought an invite to Gmail on eBay when it was a beta for like 4 bucks. So I could get my name@gmail.com only to find out Gmail names had to be 6 characters or more and my name is 5 characters.
 

SKORPI0

Lifer
Jan 18, 2000
18,409
2,318
136
current

msn.com/Hotmail - late '90s.
GMail - 2 emails. One for spam email.
Comcast.net - barely used
Work email. first.lastname@xxxxx.xxxxx.com

past

Earthlink/Mindspring - my alt. email before GMail. used this email address to register with AnandTech.
Yahoo! - barely and no longer used.
AOL/AIM - long time gone.
 
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lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
57,421
7,601
126
My addresses I consider primary, 2017. I have a gmail I'm transitioning away from, and it appears to be from 2007.
 

balloonshark

Diamond Member
Jun 5, 2008
6,320
2,722
136
2005 yahoo <hangs head in shame>

I know I have older accounts elsewhere but I'm guessing they were closed for not being used.
 

Dr. Detroit

Diamond Member
Sep 25, 2004
8,157
624
126
I got in early at Gmail so have first+last. I also have used a Yahoo email for 20+yrs.

They purged my Hotmail account for non-use- bastards - I had some great pics sent to me in there.
 
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lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
57,421
7,601
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I got an email to my gmail address that they were gonna purge my yahoo account if I don't login by Feb19. I'm pretty sure I don't care. It was just a BS address anyway.
 

Linux23

Lifer
Apr 9, 2000
11,303
671
126
Apparently 2004 for gmail, but could be earlier since I was in beta. I have no idea how long when I had Compuserve.

God i'm old. :(
 

Linux23

Lifer
Apr 9, 2000
11,303
671
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I got in early at Gmail so have first+last. I also have used a Yahoo email for 20+yrs.

They purged my Hotmail account for non-use- bastards - I had some great pics sent to me in there.
Same here, first and last, but I added 1 to remind me that i'm number one. Shameless plug. lol.
 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
17,999
1,396
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The current one I used the most from Yahoo is about 20 years.

I used to have accounts from Hotmail, Mail.net, etc. but they all are gone. Thanks to Microsoft screwed up Hotmail (purchased it and then moved everyone to Outlook).
 

RLGL

Platinum Member
Jan 8, 2013
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I had one for 22 years. Suddenly 14 months ago I started receiving 100 or so junk emails in the inbox every day. The account has since been closed. It was an MSN account.