# How many e-mails do you get a day?

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**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394 "2006-04-28T12:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/1 "2006-04-28T12:51:44Z")

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I just realized, i get an assload of e-mails a day.

I broke it down, and check this shit out :

FOR WORK:

For the past 2 weeks, i’ve gotten an average of 233 e-mails a day (not including weekends).

Weekends, I get about 15 a day.

FOR PERSONAL:

The past 2 weeks, I get around 15 e-mails a day, including various flyers from places I subscribe to.

Weekends are around the same.

Damn, no wonder my blackberry battery sucks.

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**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/2 "2006-04-28T12:53:00Z")

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eh… usually a crapload during work

personal e-mails usually come in here and there throughout the day

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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/3 "2006-04-28T12:55:47Z")

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At work I get about 30-40 e-mails a day. That’s pure work related e-mail. Not junk.

At home, I get maybe 10 a day.

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/4 "2006-04-28T14:35:07Z")

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10-20 work  
3 for the character server  
1 or 2 personal

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**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/5 "2006-04-28T14:37:50Z")

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like 5

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**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/6 "2006-04-28T14:50:39Z")

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none ☹

i email myself to make it look good sometimes.

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**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/7 "2006-04-28T15:01:44Z")

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:word:

But i got 2 myspace comments today. So im feelin like a pretty big deal right about now. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/8 "2006-04-28T15:01:46Z")

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Enough to piss me off

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**Author:** ![nixad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@nixad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nixad)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/9 "2006-04-28T15:52:18Z")

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Like 200 every two or three days all spam lol

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**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/10 "2006-04-28T15:54:32Z")

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I’ve ignored my yahoo account, spam account for a year so, open it today for a total of roughly 500,000 emails.

Damn spammers

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**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/11 "2006-04-28T16:03:14Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
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> FOR WORK:
> 
> For the past 2 weeks, i’ve gotten an average of 233 e-mails a day (not including weekends).
> 
> Weekends, I get about 15 a day.
> 
> FOR PERSONAL:
> 
> The past 2 weeks, I get around 15 e-mails a day, including various flyers from places I subscribe to.

Work’s about the same for me… partially depends if its end of month or not… right now I’m averaging over 250 per day :ham:

Personal: maybe 4 or 5 a day. I love being anonymous 😃

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**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/12 "2006-04-28T16:07:12Z")

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on average about 70 a day when im in the office.

about 20-30 when im at a track.

My Blackberry battery is on life support.

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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/13 "2006-04-28T16:28:29Z")

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what do over 200 emails work related a day cover?

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**Author:** ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/14 "2006-04-28T16:34:53Z")

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about 80 e-mails, only about 15-20 of which are spam as our spam blocking software seems to work well

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**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/15 "2006-04-28T19:15:25Z")

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I’d say 5 a day at most.

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**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/16 "2006-04-28T19:28:37Z")

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> [@evolve](#):
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> what do over 200 emails work related a day cover?

For me… requests from Citigroup/Smith Barney employees. And the actual requests span from a simple reprint up to database administration and I don’t know how many other activities in between.

Near the end of March, I was dealing with over 300/day… :ohnoes:

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/17 "2006-04-30T17:37:36Z")

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hundreds a day… classifies as a boatload

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-many-e-mails-do-you-get-a-day/11394/18 "2006-04-30T22:35:35Z")

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i think i got 100 emails at work this weekend… of course it’s 134am on a sunday night and i’m sitting in my cube… can’t believe how dark it gets at night (that came out sounding really dumb but i’ve never been at work at 1am… at least not sober… and it’s nyc so i thought there are supposed to be all these lights…)
