Re: [MLUG] Out-off-office replies -- ARGH!!

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The thing is there really is no difference in concept between IM and email
except that one includes precense information and is more extensible. I've
yet to see an IM client that really offers an appropiate UI for longer
messages, lists, etc but there is no reason one shouldn't other then
currently they tend to target home use and not business. It probably
wouldn't be to hard to make it so some opensource mail client (Mozilla
comes to mind since there is already a Mozilla Jabber client) can use
Jabber intergrated into it's mail client. I for one would find it very
useful to have presence information intergrated into my mail so that with
one glance I can see if I should bother responding back or wait until I
know that person is online.

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Ryan Thornton wrote:

> yes, I would agree that IMs are great for short messages....those couple of
> sentances you can shoot back and forth rapidly to one person.   Most of the
> time though email is good enough, or some other chat client (IRC) for
> realtime discussion.
> 
> Those 5 word emails really don't bother me... it's those damn forwards and
> unnecessary attachments and crap that gets passed around and spamm.
> 
> - Ryan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Bradshaw" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [MLUG] Out-off-office replies -- ARGH!!
> 
> 
> > I use various forms of messaging for about 90 percent of my online
> > communications. Much faster, and more practical. E-mail's nice for
> > long-winded things and business--and mailing list discussions--but IMs
> > make short communications a lot faster. It's annoying to get e-mails that
> > have five words in the body total.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Neil Bradshaw
> > "No soup for you, COME BACK TOMMORROW!"
> >
> > IATS/MU: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Personal: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Web: http://web.missouri.edu/~npba45/
> 
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