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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