On Thu, 5 Jan 1995, Bill Spurlock, RPT wrote: > Unlike paper junk mail, it is impossible to know the contents of E-mail without > downloading it. It gets annoying to pay connect time charges and file download > fees, not to mention spending time opening, reading, and deleting messages, only > to find many of them are just chatty exchanges. > > I'm not suggesting that messages have to be dry and humorless, but for my money > when I download the day's messages, it would be nice to know they were going to > be as pertinent and useful as the Tips or Q&A sections of the Journal. I've > heard the same sentiments from a couple of others. Thoughts, anyone? > > Bill Spurlock > Thanks for the reminder, Bill. Some of us have the benefit of absolutely FREE email service through a university, and don't have a clue as to how much money is involved for those "less fortunate than us"! John Minor University of Illinois jminor@uiuc.edu
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