I’ve just surprised myself with the amount of email addresses i currently have, i think i need to consolidate them and have one, currently i have
hotmail
gmail
yahoo
own hosted email about 4 here
Do i really need this many email addresses 
I think it’s time to close accounts
It’s a shame apps i use are linked to these, flickr for instance is linked to my yahoo account….picasa is linked to my gmail, is it time to go totally self hosted?
I’ve probably mentioned this sometime in the past so apologies if i’m repeating myself..
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Hi, are you aware of the fact that gmail is able to retrieve mail from different accounts? It’s very useful and you can find it under settings/accounts IIRC.
I used to host my own email too, but decided it was better for Google to do that for me. Google Apps for your domain will allow you to keep your email domain, but host the email on Google.
I also recommend using Gmail to POP all of your other email into one account.
Tristan
I don’t know about gmail, but yahoo and hotmail with die if you don’t check them at least once every 30 days. Nothing to close there, don’t sign in to them and they will die automagically.
I use gmail myself, but only for mail that doesn’t really matter to me. I would .forward all the accounts I could to a private mail address that you have control over. Those that can’t .forward, kill except gmail for crap mail.
just my two cents.