email less useful

This is interesting from a populist sentiment POV

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,660001,00.asp

| E-mail Risks are Taking a Toll on the Rewards
|
| [...] given the constant progression of spam, viruses and other
| problems, e-mail is quickly approaching the point where the rewards
| of using it no longer out weight the risks.

I've seen (and said) as much before, but I haven't seen it in such a
public forum with this level of despair before.

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Eric A. Hall                                        http://www.ehsco.com/
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