I have been hearing a lot just lately about the death of email.  The argument is that people are switching to more instant forms of communication such as mobile instant messaging like that one on the blackberry.  Corporates are banning internal emails and using tools like Office Communicator.  Email still suffers from huge amounts of SPAM (80% + )  and is no longer a productive or efficient method of communication.  In fact it’s not so much a way of communication as a marketing tool.  How many firms are now using email to inform customers of deals, discounts, special offers and so on?  Its become a different thing, a monster consuming our in-boxes and eating up our time and hard drives.  I remember when email was text based only, when you had to send a command to your modem to see if it had a dialling tone and another at the end of the message to tell it to hang-up the line.  I like email because unlike the telephone you dont have to respond at the same time.  I can catch up with my emails first thing in the morning, but instant messaging, by definition, requires instant response.  Email leaves a paper trail.  Some people still print out and store emails in strange looking devices called  filing cabinets.Where would we be if emails couldn’t be hacked into, leaked or presnted as damning evidence in the High Court or Public Enquiry?   I like email but I do see that it has become cumbersome, especially when people want it with them wherever they go.  So I am coming round to the realisation that old friends like POP3 or IMAP have to be ditched.  Its web based email for me from now on but I will leave the Instant Messaging to the facebook twitterati.

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