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What are the rules of etiquette for exchanging email addresses?

I’ve always taken it for granted that an email address isn’t as coveted as a person’s home telephone number. But sometimes, when I’ve asked to exchange email addresses with a new aquaintence I’ve either been given excuses (my account is down) or have been told simply “I don’t give that out to people I’ve just met.”

But more often than not, no one has had a problem exchanging an email address with me. But I wonder what the current trend is and what rules of etiquette dictate when it is acceptable to ask for or offer your address and when it is not.

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