Eric Schmidt’s Favorite Email? Gmail or Yahoo

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Eric Lundquist
Eric Lundquist
Published: Nov 12, 2008
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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I could be wrong here, but a reader sent me note to go check out Google honcho’s Eric Schmidt’s home page at www.Ericschmidt.com. Aside from a nonattributed grab that apparently comes from the Wall Street Journal, the mailto address is a yahoo address. The source code does have the right address for Google. A Whois domain lookup doesn’t help much as Whois contends the domain register is not playing by the rules of the game.

Eric Lundquist

Since 1996, Eric Lundquist has been Editor in Chief of eWEEK, which includes domestic, international and online editions. As eWEEK's EIC, Lundquist oversees a staff of nearly 40 editors, reporters and Labs analysts covering product, services and companies in the high-technology community. He is a frequent speaker at industry gatherings and user events and sits on numerous advisory boards. Eric writes the popular weekly column, 'Up Front,' and he is a confidant of eWEEK's Spencer F. Katt gossip columnist.

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