Mind Your Ps and Qs!

87% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. Nearly three-quarters (76%) are irked by misspellings but 68% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

My Email Bankrupted Me

26% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so.

30% have gotten a new email address to start fresh with a new inbox or are thinking about it. It’s no surprise then that the average Denver user has 2.5 email accounts. It’s easy to get a new email address these days too, just visit My eAddress for a new one of your own.

Email Over the Second Course

Over half (55%) of Denver email users say they’ve checked their email in a restaurant. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (50%), in a the bathroom (47%), while driving (40%), while on a date (11%), at happy hour (30%) and from church (13%).

Email Heartbreak

10% have asked someone out on a date over email and 6% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 18% have used email to share bad news and 3% have quit their job by email.

Blurring the Lines Between Personal and Work Email

The average email user in Denver checks personal email at work 3.2 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email almost 3 times in a given weekend.

17% plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 26% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Waking Up With Email

Almost a quarter (21%) of Denver residents check their email as soon as they wake up and 12% check email right after dinner. 34% even check their email in the middle of the night and 29% of mobile email users keep their mobile device or BlackBerry® on the nightstand so they can hear the chime of a new email arriving in their inbox.

Mobile Email and Me

19% of email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 40% of these users say they upgraded to a new cell phone in the last year because they wanted to get email while on-the-go. Want to get mobile email on your phone? Just click here to get started.