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I had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails.

After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.

I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.

I don't think any of us are careful enough about emails. When you are writing an email, you should imagine yourself in an auditorium speaking to 5,000 people, with your mother and grandmother in the audience, and it is being broadcast on CNN.

I have always used e-mail to the greatest extent possible.

You know, I've just about got used to the fact that people in Britain know who I am on some level, but the notion that there's any kind of international recognition is still slightly bizarre to me.

The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column.

There's a big gap between 'Click the link to send an e-mail to your congressman' and 'Chain yourself to the White House.'

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.