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From: jgsmith@BCM.TMC.EDU (James G. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Email VoiceMail Phone
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Date: 16 Jul 90 18:40:19 GMT
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There is a fundamental difference between email and voicemail.  Email is 
composed whereas voicemail is spontaneous.  Thus, email has the potential to
contain information which is better organized and certainly requires less disk
space to store.

I would also like to make a comment to those who claim that you lose voice
inflection and body language in email.  ppphhhhhtt!  :)
Of course, email doesn't have the same potential for inflection and body 
language as real presence, but then, the reverse is also true.  A lot
depends on the creativity and vitality of the writer, which is also true
of speakers.  I have seen some articles with *lots* of inflection (or is
that LOTS of inflection?)

 * (at least it wasn't ***OHJUSTLOTS*** of inflection) ;)    
 (and just a little body language)

James Smith