Match.com Question / Other sites?

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Registered: 10-01-2006
Match.com Question / Other sites?
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Fri, 02-16-2007 - 3:37pm

Hi Everyone, I am re-entering the OLD world and have a technical question re: Match. When you receive an e-mail, a copy of it goes to your regular e-mail address. You can either hit reply (like you are replying to a regular e-mail) or you could reply within the site. Am I correct in assuming that if I reply the first way (as if it's a regular e-mail) that the message goes into the recipient's own e-mail box.

Thanks,
L'Kitty

Also, I am thinking of switching over to another site, like Yahoo, but wondered if there are any newer sites out there that I may not have heard of since I have not been OLD for the past three years - any recommendations?

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Registered: 06-18-2006
Tue, 02-20-2007 - 3:35am

I don't have an answer for your technical question about match.com. I was on match.com, didn't subscribe. I'm on yahoo now. On yahoo, you can read the emails that other people send even if you don't subscribe. I'm subscribing to just to try it out. So far, this guy and I have been sending each other messages for a week now.

I've heard other people who have been on MySpace that have met people to date. I'm on Facebook, which is free, and have made a few friends, people interested in running. I did meet one of the guys in person, very cute and and we found a lot to talk about. I don't know if it will go beyond a friendship level though.

I don't know how old you are but MySpace and Facebook are dominated by college students and 20-somethings. I'm 39 but look young for my age and can pass for a 28 year old. I don't advertise my birthdate like many people on Facebook but you can tell that I'm in my late 30's by my college graduation date and the age of my oldest child. Good luck with your OLD.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-28-2003
Tue, 02-20-2007 - 9:37am
Privacy is an important feature (or should be) for a dating website. On Match.com the email from the guy is forwarded to your match.com "email" and then Match forwards it to your personal email service. So even if you respond to the guy from your aol or msn or whatever email service you have, the guy doesn't see that - the only thing he knows about you is your match profile. I've never tried any other dating website so I can't give you any advice on those. Iri
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-17-2002
Tue, 02-20-2007 - 3:42pm
No, if you respond to the email you receive in your regular email box, you'll notice that the address is the "XXX@talkmatch.com" thus keeping your email anonymous. It will stay double-blind until you actually exchange email addys and move off the site. He'll get a copy of it in his regular email (just like you did) but it comes from your profile at talkmatch.com

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