Head boss of InternetVIZ, Hank Stroll, forwarded an email that was an auto reply:
Due to large amounts of spam I am receiving I have abandoned email as a means of business communications. You must contact me at the office at ###-###-#### to correspond with me.
Whoo, drastic move. Will more people do this? Yes. Will email go away. No. But it’s funny because I emailed a friend about my daughter’s lunch account in which someone was stealing her money. I stepped away from the PC (yes, I really do that) and she called a few minutes after I sent the email.
She tells Paul email is too slow and get on IM (instant messenger). She wanted to details on the theft. So people get frustrated with email because of the garbage that comes with it and because it’s too slow.
I often wonder how different my life as a teen would’ve been if email and IM were used as widely as it is today. I used email, but it was a geeks only thing at the time. What teen wants to call her friends with Mom and Dad helping her on the phone? Exactly.
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