Mundane question or philoso
John Marshall <John_Marshall.M#u#P@m1mail.sbi.com> Wed, 01 September 1993 15:21 UTC
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From: John Marshall <John_Marshall.M#u#P@m1mail.sbi.com>
Subject: Mundane question or philoso
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Subject: Time:9:06 OFFICE MEMO Mundane question or philosophy ? Date:9/1/93 Dear All sorry to bring the conversation down a level or two, but i am attempting to put together a presentation for my management on messaging technology and related items, and wanted to include a dictionary (simple user level, not technical) definition of "what is E-mail". At first blush this may seem trivial, but even after working with others, I have concluded so far that E-mail is a bit like pornography, as someone once said, - difficult to describe, but you know it when you see it !! anybody got any good ideas ? johnm
- Mundane question or philoso John Marshall