62% of the Americans that were questioned about their Internet behavior check their work email at the weekend or while they are on holidays. Moreover, 19% of them check the email address used for sending and receiving business related information five times a day during the weekend. U.S. citizens cannot live without a daily check of their email accounts, as proves a survey conducted by AOL.

Even when on holidays, many people cannot relax if they don't have access to an Internet connection. 19% of the respondents said that one of the criteria when choosing the place where they would spend their vacation is exactly the possibility of being in touch with their inboxes.

Signing up to newsletters of all kinds can lead to a veritable congestion of the account. That is the moment when creating a new one is required. 69% of the users questioned admitted that they have multiple accounts, a considerable growth from 2007, when only 52% of people had various accounts to meet their needs and satisfy their desire for tidiness.

The survey concluded that it is pretty annoying for others to end your emails using some particular sign-offs, as it is if you get to the point directly, without saluting first. "People can feel as though you didn't care enough to write out their name. To really get someone's attention, the best thing you can do is call them by name," advises Cherie Kerr, author of The Bliss or "Diss" Connection. Email Etiquette for the Business Professional.

Some of the weird places and moments chosen by people to sign in to their accounts were reported to be bathrooms, with 59% adepts, cars (50% of people admit that they check their email while driving), while on a date (25% of people don't pay much attention to the person in front of them) or even in church, 15% making a habit out of that.

New York was reported as the most email obsessed city in the U.S., followed by Houston and Chicago.