Have you ever regretted giving your email to someone?

I never regretted by giving my email to my friends and other person. Because always they are nice to me and having fun while chatting with them. I used to meet some new friends and my interaction between them is always good.

ya, i remember that i have given my email address to my friends mom, i dont think i am regretting after giving the email adderss

I've never regretted it, honestly. I give my email to most people I enjoy talking to online, because it's a safe and fairly reliable means of contact. It reveals less information than giving out my cell phone number or address, and allows me to stay in contact without logging onto whatever site I met a person on, thus not requiring a commitment to a forum or messenger just to talk to people I'm already friends with. The reason I've never regretted it is because it's easy enough to block someone from emailing you if you get to a point where you no longer want to contact them. They could, I suppose, sell your email or spam you, but what's the worst that is going to do? Fill up your spam folder? Unless your email is associated with your work or school and has your real name in it, giving them your email isn't really a security risk or anything.

I was hesitant at first too, but so far it's been all good experiences. I've met a lot of nice people online actually.

Hey apples! Yeah, did before. I also did just few weeks ago. I gave my email address to one of our customers. I'm a technical support representative got a call from a customer. I was installing an anti-virus in their computer. I know we are not allowed to gave out any information about our selves, but I won't get caught. Trust me. We have a good conversation then the customer started asking for any information about me, they said just being friends. I know I won't get caught so I gave my email. Then they started sending me emails about their internet connection problem or anything about computer networking. What I did is I just gave them few infos then advise them to call us so they would get better help. Whenever they ask why can't I help them I just said I don't have my tools with me.

hi, i should say i was never in a situation in which i had 5to regret giving away my email address to some one..i always think before giving away my email adress to strangers.. and again i wonder what kind of harm can that cause us?

apples99, I do not think you should give your actual usual email to an online friend whom you are unsure and uncomfortable with. I think you would have read enough about online friends where you will know enough and make you uncomfortable especially when there's a level of uncertainty that makes you come up with a question like this. So, rather than risking it, you can always set up another email account online and let your online friend(s) have it. No offense taken, but I just felt that we should always be discreet and cautious especially when there's just too much uncertainties that will eventually become risks. Take care and have a nice day.

Hi, apples99. No, I have not regretted giving my friend my email address online. But, I did regret giving one lady my email address. She was helping me by trying to be my representative for my Disability case. She would contact me and said that her emails would not go through. She had even invited me to join women groups with other church members. I wished that she never had my email address. She was very annoying!

I have regretted giving my email address to certain people. Businesses are the worse because then I get so much junk mail. I cant stand all the stupid jokes some friends send me and all the fwd emails. SOmetimes I wish they didnt have me address

I haven't had a reason to regret giving my email to anyone so far. I guess it's because that it's easy to delete email anyway. So if someone sends me I consider spam, I junk it. Eventually my email learns that behaviour and junks anything that comes from the same sender.

Never. The control is in our hands. We have a provision to block if we find the one who the email address has been sent is making us uncomfortable. I have blocked a couple or two!

i don't think there'es a problem in this situation. you could make your messanger to ignore the person if he/she bothers you. PErsonally, i know the id and password of my siter just as she knows my id and my password but we respect our privacy. just in case to one of us happens something the other one can access the email and see if we had some problems with somebody. This, of course untill both of us are in trouble... :)

i never gave my original email id, i made 2-3 fake email id and use those emails for some unnecessary tasks...... its really unsafe to give our original adresses to whom you even don't know....

no.because there is nothing in giving

Yep, I've given my email address to a friend then later regretted it. I don't mind answering email if there's something to say, but I don't have time to carry on a trivial conversation all day long through email!

haven't experienced regretted giving email to someone online. Fortunately, the people I have shared my email address are nice people and they are not the type that fool me. I can even give them my ym id if they want.And some of them are my constant chatmates. Anyhow, before I give my email address, I make sure i had given my trust on the person, we have this kind of specific bonding already. In other words, even online we are very close.

I maintain multiple email addresses -- yahoo, gmail, msn. hotmail, lycos, among others (and more than one account with many of these). Each one has its purpose. I have my primary addresses (for business and private use) and my 'friendly' addresses (for my own websites as a webmaster, friends, signing up for certain groups or organizations), and my 'junk' addresses (for everything else). Signing up for most web accounts (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc.) is free. Get yourself an email address for things like online friends or when in doubt. That way, no regrets.

I have two emails. One that is personal (family, friends, school, facebook ect) and a second one I use for everything else. I check both daily. I get my emails sent to my phone. But I prefer to have two that way my personal one doesn't get spammed.

um yea i have i gave it to him and we started fighting, he started herassing me so i just made a new email address. i would want u to think really hard about it like would u two ever fight?, would he stalk u?, u know those are some questions to ask yurself and come up with pros and cons about giving ur email out to people that u met online.

This is why I set up several email accounts to filter any unwanted emails. I make sure that I don't give away my primary email address by hiding my email address in facebook, and using an alternative when I'm signing up for stuff. It is slightly frustrating though when one of your contacts/friends indirectly reveals your email address through chain/forwarded emails as there are certainly some people in the address list that I do not want to contact.