Email remains the most popular online activity, yet many people in both the mainstream and alternative media dislike it with a passion. They rarely have anything nice to say.
I don't mind when people point out actual flaws (every medium has flaws after all), but lately I've noticed widespread dissemination of false information, most of which goes unchallenged. For example, I recently read a blog Post asserting that email newsletters do not feature a search mechanism.
The ability to search has nothing to do with the medium and everything to do with the underlying content management system. For example, you can search our newsletters in the TechnoLawyer Archive. Alternatively, you can collect and search them using regular email programs such as Outlook and online email programs such as Gmail.
I've seen plenty of blogs with no search mechanism. Again, it depends on the content management system, not the vehicle.
In 2006, when you come across people badmouthing email, ask them if they could live without email. That should shut them up.
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