On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Doug Metz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>  I don't need the interruption of live messages

See, that's just it - I don't regard "arrival of an email message" as
an "interruption".  A phone call is an interruption.  An IM is an
interruption.  An email message is just another entry in the inbox
list, which I will notice when I get around to checking it.

If your work requires you to react to email instantly, perhaps you
should send things like mailing list subscriptions to a different,
non-work email address. Like maybe get one of them GMail thingies. :)

I have banished all mail alerters and notifiers from my desktop.  If
someone at work needs to get in touch with me quickly, they can either
page me using my Bberry PIN or send a message using the Exchange
"Importance: HIgh" flag, either of which will cause a loud
Kimmunicator beep to let me know I need to check something.




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Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]>