Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:51:47 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Smart Emails
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>	Barry commented that emals would soon be so smart that us hard =
copy
>people would not be able to communicate at all.  I suspect that we will =
have
>a situation similar to Ray Bradbury's "There Shall Come Soft Rains" in =
which
>humans have left Earth and the emails keep things running without us.
>	Keith dislikes multiple responses to emails which "layer" quotes
>several deep.  Having the quotes enables you to verify what was said
>originally.  I've run into a lot of cases where digests of comments leave
>important information out.

Some folks edit better than others. =20
Certainly where Mr Strong works the need of an electonic paper trail is =
important.

mjw