<p>How do you cite e-mail communications from individuals?</p><p>E-mail communications from individuals should be cited as personal communications. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list.</p><p>Cite personal communications in text only. Give the initials as well as the surname of the communicator, and provide as exact a date as possible.</p><p>Examples:</p><p> T. K. Lutes (personal communication, April 18, 2001)  (V.-G. Nguyen, personal communication, September 28, 1998)</p><p>It is possible to send an e-mail note disguised as someone else. Authors—not journal editors or copy editors —are responsible for the accuracy of all references, which includes verifying the source of e-mail communications before citing them as personal communications in manuscripts.</p><p>(adapted from the sixth edition of the APA Publication Manual, © 2010)</p>