Emails

At this date and age, I believe everyone will have at least one webbased emailed account (Yahoo, Gmail, hotmail). Afterall, it's very difficult to maintain a loyal relationship with your ISP provider (earthlink, AOL) and it's a hassle to update your email address with all your friends, families, and acquaintenances each time you switch an ISP.

I have three of these webbased email accounts that I use on a regular basis -- one for when I sign up to questionable websites that I suspect they'll spam me to death; one for casual usage that I give out to friends; and the last one is the official business one that I only use for work (goes on resume) and school. Now that I've secured a job and that school is out, I rarely remember to check that one.

Interestingly enough, the last two times when I remembered to check that email account, I received emails that wasn't intended for me. I would like to mention that I used my real name for my official business email account. Receiving others' personal email is an eerie experience. It's like a quick peek into a stranger's personal life. A stranger that has the same, or very similar name, as you. Sure, we've all have mail sent to our houses that didn't belong to us. But these are not the same. These are names that you've never seen before, and will never remember once you've disposed of the mail. It's in an envelope. Very few people (at least I don't) will open them and read the content. An email is different. It's content so readily reviewing themselves to you and it's just that much more personal.

Whilst I almost never remember to mark "moved" or "wrong address" on the physical mails, I always make a point to email these strangers back to tell them that I've received their emails on accident. "Hello, your mail did not get to the person it was intended for," I'd say.