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c|net has published an article about a recent study on email usage. The study found that:

• people check their mail about five times a day
• 25% can't go without email for more than 3 days
• 41% check email first thing in the morning, before coffee
• 60% check email on vacation
• 47% check personal email at work
• Nearly 32 percent admitted they would give their e-mail address to a new acquaintance, compared with 37% and 28% of participants who expressed a willingness to part with their home and mobile numbers, respectively
• 77% have more than one account

More than 4,000 people across 20 U.S. cities participated in the survey, carried out by AOL in partnership with Opinion Research.

via: OnlyOnce.