E-Mail -- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.(Editorial)

E-mail is a wonderful invention. It makes it possible for all of us to get our written messages into the intended receiver's mailbox in moments. That's good!

It makes it possible to send off a message that can easily be delivered to the wrong person. Just one wrong stroke on the keyboard is what it takes. That's bad!

It opens our computers up to destructive viruses, seriously distasteful messages, and a real load of unwanted and unsolicited junk. That's ugly!

Overall, however, even though my electronic mailboxes are normally filled with hundreds of messages every day, ...

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