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Byline: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
I lust after a personalized e-mail address the way others covet vanity license plates.
Because I choose to do without a car, the plate thing means little to me. But as I cruise the information superhighway, I insist on having a distinctive, unique set of wheels.
My personal e-mail address isn't a virtual ad for America Online, Comcast or other firms that hand out e-mail accounts to customers yet decide how everything to the right of the "@" symbol will read.
My address fully reflects my identity because I control everything to the left and right of the symbol.
It's portable. If I switch Internet-service providers, I don't have to endure the hassle of migrating to a new e-mail address and notifying all the people with whom I exchange messages. My address is all mine and therefore never changes.
It just works. Messages sent to my personal address hit my e-mail program's inbox without fail, and my replies also promptly reach their targets.
Source: HighBeam Research, Here's how to create your own email address.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)