Who Has Time for Technology?

Have you become a slave to your e-mail system? Do you find yourself leaving voice-mail messages as often as you actually talk to a client? Has your life become high-tech without your permission?

E-mail has become an important form of business communication. It provides near-instant access. It is in written form, so that instructions or questions are clear. It can be used by anyone with a computer and Internet access. It can provide links to additional sources of information. Unfortunately, these attributes also make e-mail attractive for unwanted solicitation. If you reply to an unwanted e-mail asking to be removed from the list, what you are actually doing is verifying that your e-mail address is legitimate and available for resale to similar firms.