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“Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.” – Don Knuth “I don’t even have an E-mail address. I have… Continue reading Failbox – Knuth/Eco Edition

I’m please to see Arik Jones keeping the Failbox torch burning – in a post on the need for a smarter email client ” However, it could group todays messages in a “top 25 most important” list. That’s all I’d ever see for an inbox. Talk about getting your email priorities straight.” – Arik Jones… Continue reading Arik Jones on Failbox

“Last week a friend send me an email, while I was traveling. So he got my ‘out of office reply’.”- Wolfgang Luenenbuerger Wolfgang goes on to describe how – in an age of instant messaging, mobile devices, and wifi – the ‘out of office’ reply is as anachronistic as the busy signal. Both signals assume… Continue reading FailBox: The Broken State of Email Clients – Part 3

I realized I had completely taken for granted the life-changing innovation that is near-infinite email storage when I received the following message Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator. Your mailbox size is 75286 KB. Mailbox size limits: You will receive a warning when your mailbox reaches 75000 KB.… Continue reading FailBox: The Broken State of Email Clients – Part 2