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I know ため can be translated into English as "for" such-and-such.

But is it appropriate to use it to thank some one for doing something?

For example, "Thank you for your email address." Would it be grammatically
accurate to say: メールアドレスためありがとうございます。

Google translate seems to understand the sentence perfectly fine. But would a
native speaker scratch their head at that use of ため in this manner?
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Proper use of ため to thank someone for doing x？
Using ため as the 'for' in 'thank you for' is strange.

Off the top of my head I can think of 4 ways we normally use ありがとう to say
thanks for something.

>   1. masu-stem of the verb + ありがとう (this one's particularly formal)  
>  メールアドレスを教えていただき有難う御座います。  
>  Thank you for telling me your email address.
>
>   2. te-form of the verb + ありがとう  
>  メールアドレスを教えてくれてありがとう。  
>  Thanks for telling me your email address.
>
>   3. noun + ありがとう  
>  メアドありがとう！  
>  Thanks for your email address!
>
>   4. [noun + を + ありがとう](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5496/78)  
>  メッセージをありがとう  
>  Thanks for your message
>
>

There's lots of other expressions which don't use ありがとう like:  

> ～についてお礼を申し上げます  
>  ～に対し感謝します

ため is 'for' as in for the benefit or purpose of someone/something.  

> `私のために`こんなすてきなパーティーを開いてくれてありがとう。  
>  Thank you for throwing such a splendid party `for me`.
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It might be easier to understand the usage if you think of `ため` as "for the
sake of (smb/smth)".

> 会社{かいしゃ}の **ため** に働{はたら}く  
>  Work **in interests** of the company [=for the sake of the company]
>
> 彼女{かのじょ}は娘{むすめ}の **ため** なら何でもやる  
>  She will do anything **for** her daughter. [=for the sake of her daughter]
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> 正義{せいぎ}の **ため** に  
>  **In the cause of** justice [=for the sake of justice]

A related meaning is "for the purpose of" or "with the goal of"

> 君{きみ}は何の **ため** にここへ来{き}たのだ。  
>  **What** have you come here **for**? [=for what purpose]
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> 金{かね}の **ため** に働{はたら}く  
>  Work **for** the money [= with the goal of getting money]

`ため` may also means "due to" or "because of". It seems to be used this way
mostly in formal speech. You can often recognize it by the missing `に` (but
this it not a 100% indicator).

> 飛行機{ひこうき}が台風{たいふう}の **ため** 欠航{けっこう}した。  
>  The flight was canceled **due to** a typhoon.
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