Constant email address is a definite plus but just as or more important is spam control. With a domain and email forwarding you can have as many addresses as you like. If I give my address to Fred Nurk I will give him
[email protected] if then subsequently I get Viagara ads sent to
[email protected] all mail to
[email protected] is then automatically scrubbed and I may or may not give Fred a new address of eg
[email protected]
Cost for .com, .net and .org is USD15 pa with email redirection, well worth it. Other TLD's can cost quite a bit more but for personal use are not really necessary.
Part of my signature block is
NOTE - This email may have been sent via abcdefg.net.au. Due to their method
of handling mail and newsgroups spam is causing problems.
FOR replies USE - the address you have been given - OTHERWISE
USE - Reply to:
NOTE the Reply to: address ceases to be valid after one week (or a longer period depending on spam)
ANY mail sent to
[email protected] is invalid
Mail sent to an invalid address is rejected by the system without notification to the sender and cannot be legally considered as received.