Emails are the most important and common form of communication; in fact they have become a lifeline of our society today. The need of an email address is justified simply because people believe and rely on the fact that it is the fastest and the best way of communicating in this day and age.

We know that emails are the most widely used mode of communication with almost everyone depending vastly on them as the quickest and most relevantly the cheapest way of getting in touch with someone. Some may use an email service practically several times in a day while there may be others who use it but not as frequently as on a day to day basis. Again there are people who use only one email address while there may be others using several of them. One address alone is sufficient to receive and send messages, so some might question why anyone would need so many email addresses. There may be others who might think, why does one need an email address anyway when we have such a wide postal service.

Firstly, sending posts by ordinary mail or even airmail as such takes days to reach its destination. Secondly, it costs more in way of postage stamps. Email services in the main are absolutely free and do get to our recipients within minutes of sending them, so in comparison, there is no contest. This is huge reason enough to change anyone’s viewpoint on the topic. The standard post is good, there is no denying, but emails can deliver all that the standard post can and are therefore a more practicable choice.

Coming to the next point as to why anyone would need more than one email address, there are logical reasons for it too. A single email address may be sufficient for a few users but for others it may be wiser to have more than one email address. Many functions can be served by having more than one email address; this can be useful for individuals as well as business purposes. With the right plan you can create independent email addresses where you can receive and send mails according to how you have distributed them.

You can keep each email addresses for a specific category of contacts so that you can distinguish between personal, business, commercial and other divisions that you have made for quick identification of received mails. It is equally important for business owners to have multiple mailboxes with their domain name for each of their employees to have as a personal mailbox. It gives them a stronger holding and reflects on their business. Similarly there are other departments and offices where having individual mailboxes can be highly beneficial.

By having more than one email address you can also save on time, as you can check your relevant mail on a daily basis without the hindrance of unnecessary mail crowding in. Other less important email addresses can be checked once a week or every few days. Surprisingly, to some people, individuals nowadays tend to have more than one email address. This can range to over five addresses per individual. By maintaining more than one email address, people feel that importance and relevance can be priortised accordingly. This is due to the fact that emails can be filtered into different catergories.

Regardless of how many or how few email addresses you have, it should be remembered that it is always beneficial to have at least one email address of your own, which you can freely use as, when and how you want.