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From: Charles A. Hill
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1992 01:41

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>Essentially e-mail is an entirely new animal.  It isn't writing.  Neither
>is it speech.  A whole different sent of social protocols govern it, and
>they are not yet worked out.
>
>--stephanie gibson

I applied for a summer job on campus a few years ago.  I soon received a
very nice letter from the person who had interviewed me, telling me that
I did not get the job.  A few days later, I saw this person, and she
apologized profusely for responding in such an "impersonal" fashion --
she had wanted to email me, but could not find my address.

Does anyone but me find it odd to think that email is more "personal"
than paper mail?

Charlie.

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