Is E-Mail Becoming the New Snail Mail?

I do not think so. Speaking for myself, I will always use email over IM as it allows me more control over the time that I am required to respond - less rushing.

The instant message appears to be catching up to e-mail as the favored way to communicate using the Internet, suggests a new survey conducted by America Online. Of the 4,000 people interviewed by America Online, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., a quarter of them preferred IM, the electronic messages that appear unprompted on a computer screen, over using e-mail. Some 15 percent America Online surveyed in 2004 favored IM. The instant message’s growing popularity has had its price, particularly the attention of hackers. Internet security companies report a steady rise in viruses and other Internet-borne malevolence targeting IM. [Get the links]

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