Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!decuac!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: zygot!john@apple.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Networks Considered Harmful - For Electronic Mail Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 89 18:53:33 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 29 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us In article , lotus!bobf@uunet.uu.net (BFrankston) writes: > Though I too am frustrated by the slow adoption of electronic mail, > the reason that FAX is winning at the moment is that it is simply > much much easier to use. You plunk down $1k or less, plug it into > the wall, and stick a piece of paper in. > > Electronic mail needs similar ease of use. That is why I implemented > Lotus Express so that email would be part of my PC in the background > always available. When I send email, I sit down at my computer, type "mail [user@uucp or internet address]". An editor is automatically invoked and I type the message. When satisfied that the message is correct, I exit the editor, list any "Cc's" to be sent, strike a lone "." and then a return and walk away. Within a few minutes to a few hours, my message is delivered to the recipient anywhere in the world. If, for some reason, it is undeliverable, the message is returned to my email box with an explanation. If the recipient doesn't have a uucp or internet address, a couple of extra key strokes routes the message through AT&T Mail and it is delivered via FAX or standard US Mail. You can't have it much easier or simpler than that! BTW, this *is* from my home. -- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.uucp | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !