Comments on: Email Criticism http://www.meryl.net/2005/09/email-criticism/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sabba http://www.meryl.net/2005/09/email-criticism/#comment-852 Sabba Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:42:25 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/09/29/email-criticism/#comment-852 <p>I think it was Abe Lincoln who spoke about writing a letter, putting it in an envelope, addressing it, ... and then puting it into the fire as a method of handling this. It feels as if you are mailing it, but it never gets out of the office, even though you do feel better.</p> <p>There is also the story of Harry Truman (?) who would put such letters into a desk drawer.</p> <p>Of course there is the story of the person who took that advice and accidentally mailed the letter (or his secretary saw the envelope and put it with the rest of the day's mail).</p> <p>In any case, using a handwritten letter might work better than email because of the time and effort involved.</p> I think it was Abe Lincoln who spoke about writing a letter, putting it in an envelope, addressing it, … and then puting it into the fire as a method of handling this. It feels as if you are mailing it, but it never gets out of the office, even though you do feel better.

There is also the story of Harry Truman (?) who would put such letters into a desk drawer.

Of course there is the story of the person who took that advice and accidentally mailed the letter (or his secretary saw the envelope and put it with the rest of the day’s mail).

In any case, using a handwritten letter might work better than email because of the time and effort involved.

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