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