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Do you use your work email or personal email as a username?

Survey period: 1 Sep 2014 to 8 Sep 2014

Websites often require an email address as a sign-on. Us developers are, well, "questioning" by nature. So do you use your work email or personal email when signing up?

OptionVotes% 
Usually my work email1398.85
Usually my work email when I don't trust them, personal when I do trust them18711.90
Random / alternative algorithm20613.11
Usually my personal email82652.58
I use a fake email address21313.56



 
GeneralRe: alternative algorithm because Pin
AlexCode1-Sep-14 23:34
professionalAlexCode1-Sep-14 23:34 
GeneralRe: alternative algorithm because Pin
BryanFazekas2-Sep-14 4:14
BryanFazekas2-Sep-14 4:14 
GeneralIt depends. Pin
PIEBALDconsult1-Sep-14 18:01
mvePIEBALDconsult1-Sep-14 18:01 
AnswerUnique email using address extensions Pin
Yvan Rodrigues1-Sep-14 11:57
professionalYvan Rodrigues1-Sep-14 11:57 
GeneralRe: Unique email using address extensions Pin
Kevin Priddle3-Sep-14 10:03
professionalKevin Priddle3-Sep-14 10:03 
GeneralCombination Pin
BotCar1-Sep-14 4:19
BotCar1-Sep-14 4:19 
GeneralPersonal Email, but one that is my sand box o' spam over at yahoo.com. Pin
Ron Anders1-Sep-14 2:17
Ron Anders1-Sep-14 2:17 
GeneralI almost never use my work email (even for work). Pin
John M. Drescher1-Sep-14 0:55
John M. Drescher1-Sep-14 0:55 
I only rarely use the work email for work purposes since the mailbox is pathetically small (less than 500MB) and it throws away emails with attachments containing executables without me having a choice.

With that said I use my personal email for signing up for sites unless the site prevents that bu saying a gmail account can not be used. In that case I use my ISP email (which I also never use - although that is now several GB of space).
John

GeneralDifferent email address for each site Pin
Matt Tomalin1-Sep-14 0:35
Matt Tomalin1-Sep-14 0:35 
GeneralIt all depends on the site PinPopular
Joan M31-Aug-14 23:50
professionalJoan M31-Aug-14 23:50 
GeneralIt depends... Pin
OriginalGriff31-Aug-14 23:44
mveOriginalGriff31-Aug-14 23:44 
GeneralRe: It depends... Pin
Nelek1-Sep-14 0:52
protectorNelek1-Sep-14 0:52 
GeneralMy Sandbox Identity's personal email usually Pin
Joezer BH31-Aug-14 22:42
professionalJoezer BH31-Aug-14 22:42 
GeneralWork for work, personal for personal.... duh PinPopular
musefan31-Aug-14 22:24
musefan31-Aug-14 22:24 
GeneralRe: Work for work, personal for personal.... duh Pin
PSU Steve3-Sep-14 4:40
professionalPSU Steve3-Sep-14 4:40 
GeneralSeparate email id, Pin
Madhanlal JM31-Aug-14 20:40
Madhanlal JM31-Aug-14 20:40 
GeneralI have different Email for different work.. :-) Pin
Hemant Singh Rautela31-Aug-14 20:06
professionalHemant Singh Rautela31-Aug-14 20:06 
GeneralRe: I have different Email for different work.. :-) Pin
Thanks787231-Aug-14 20:07
professionalThanks787231-Aug-14 20:07 
GeneralRe: I have different Email for different work.. :-) Pin
Hemant Singh Rautela31-Aug-14 20:12
professionalHemant Singh Rautela31-Aug-14 20:12 
GeneralUsing just one ID Pin
Abdullah Leghari31-Aug-14 19:50
Abdullah Leghari31-Aug-14 19:50 
GeneralRe: Using just one ID Pin
Rob Grainger1-Sep-14 22:25
Rob Grainger1-Sep-14 22:25 
General...And there was hundreds of SPAM mail in my inbox Pin
koolprasad200331-Aug-14 19:43
professionalkoolprasad200331-Aug-14 19:43 
GeneralRe: ...And there was hundreds of SPAM mail in my inbox PinPopular
thatraja31-Aug-14 21:23
professionalthatraja31-Aug-14 21:23 
GeneralRe: ...And there was hundreds of SPAM mail in my inbox Pin
Amol_B1-Sep-14 1:49
professionalAmol_B1-Sep-14 1:49 

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