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11. No kidding, 1 day equals at least 50-100 emails.

Wed Jan 22, 2014, 06:41 AM

Jan 2014

It's used for work and personal use.. Anything job related gets shoved into an email I want to use. What's the point of maintaining 2 accounts to weed out.. So it's all in 1 spot and ridiculous. I feel like dealing with email is like having a job now.. Lol.

And yes, it's not the best way sending things about, but it's semi-private still and like the fax machine, there's still bed of it.

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