When did you drop your first email address?

[Hourai]

I can't remember precisely when, but I did use it to make my Myspace account in 2006. Given that my Neoseeker account uses my (previous) default username for its email, I suppose I must've tossed it soon after.

Fireuppercut@cs.com. I named it that because I was playing Pokémon Ruby, and the Fire-type Blaziken just learned Sky Uppercut.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

That hotmail account... It's still exist, It doesn't have much traffic except for some Nigerian prince offering me free money, another example is a letter that says, We have your pet information, donate your home to our cause... If you don't we'll release this vital information in the interwebz, some messages directed to other online personas I used over the years and other crap.

 

[ATenderLad]

It doesn't have much traffic except for some Nigerian prince offering me free money

I hope he's doing okay, I send money from time to time to help him get on his feet but he always seems to be in a jam.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

I hope he's doing okay, I send money from time to time to help him get on his feet but he always seems to be in a jam.

That man stole my bank account, I've heard he has been recently crowned Absolute King of Greenland... I hope His expansion plans in Europe goes well.

 

[fake-kun]

I forgor

 

[Mini_Man.XW]

Never dropped mine, it just became what I use for video game related stuff and I use my primary address for important things.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I don't remember i made it at 6th grade i think yup i went online for first time at 6th grade then in the coming years i made few more accounts i use 4 email accounts naming ranges from sweet to questionable to straight up nonsensical

 

[ciro64]

It was probably during 2004, using a yahoo email. One of the places I used it on included Adventure Quest and Club Penguin.

I used a different one for MSN, which was plain ciro@yahoo.com.br. How did I manage this amazing feat? Simple, it never asked for email confirmation.

 

[Deleted member 420614]

Some time around 1999-2000 I think I got my first email I don´t even remember what it was.

 

[Duke_11037]

I switched from it when I realized I didn't want to sign up for things with a email that has my dead name in it. Also just wanted to switch to proton mail.

 

[Another Iori]

In my early days on the internet, I always tried to avoid creating an email account, because I was born in an era where no one taught me how to do it and even when I learned it on my own, it seemed like a hassle, because the site required the entry of another existing email address as a guarantee (I don't remember if during that period of time I used a friend's or one of my teachers' emails from that time), however, at some point, it became necessary to have one, so I decided to use names from book characters, but when I started creating my first CV I created another one, in order to separate serious matters from simple pastimes.

Regarding what was published last year, at the end of May this year, I permanently shut down this email address.

About 15 years ago, I created it and used it on a large network of forums (making it publicly visible), however, but at a certain point I became a favorite target for scammers.

I was patient and kept it as a possible backup just in case, but after trying other services, I got really tired of the vulnerabilities in Outlook.

The last scam I received was particularly sophisticated, as it exploited a system flaw that made it appear as if it were using the recipient's own IP address, but in reality if you opened the source code and looked closely, you would discover it was all fake.

Microsoft is too greedy. They should offer a premium service, but their products are subpar. And even though I pay for their services, they seem to think that since Windows 8 it's their right to secretly spy on your private life...

 

[MajesticSiN]

Some time in the 90's and I honestly couldn't tell you what it was.

 

[Konatalzumi]

It's almost like a law... you get online for the first time and make the most edgy, embarrassing email address possible so you can join all the equally edgy and embarrassing sites ever.

And that email might carry you for a very long time... but, eventually, it starts feeling awkward to hand out "XPunkRockZombieX@aol.com"* as your means of contact whenever you are asked for one. At that point, you cave in and get a boring dad's address (usually your full name).

When was that for you? For me, it was around sophomore year. It was just increasingly embarrassing telling my address to people at a time where you couldn't really point them to your Facebook or Twitter and be done with it. Burying my old one seemed like a rite of passage into adulthood of sorts, and one I don't often hear mentioned.

What about you?

*Dummy example account -- doesn't actually exist.

my deceased aunt chose my email name for me when I was little and I've used the same email for the past 12 years

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Same as Fake-kun,
I forgor.

 

[NeonKnights]

I had one before this but I can't remember where I got it but it was back in the webcrawler days. The one I remember was a hotmail address I used for all my chatrooms and I stopped using it in 98-9.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

My first email was homnisnoctrnia@hotmail.com and really I only dropped it because Hotmail peaced out