http://dir.salon.com/topics/e_mail/?source=rss&aim=e_mail en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST By Cary Tennis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/13/fluffy_kitten_emails/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/13/fluffy_kitten_emails/index.html?source=rss Should someone inform the boss that these chain letters are bogus and scary? Should I send a link to Snopes.com? By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss A spate of e-mail etiquette guides and productivity manuals commands us to clear out our e-mail. Don't we all have better things to do? By Cary Tennis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/03/journal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/03/journal/index.html?source=rss There were some pretty unflattering things in there, written before we were married. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/01/spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/01/spam/index.html?source=rss There really is a way to make money off those annoying, relentless e-mails about "hot stocks." By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/03/02/aol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/03/02/aol/index.html?source=rss Businesses are fuming over AOL's plan to charge for sending e-mail to its users. But if it cuts spam and guarantees delivery, what's the problem? By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/16/e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/16/e_mail/index.html?source=rss Forget spam -- our real conundrum is the overload of legitimate e-mail. But help is coming. By Mathew Honan Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/26/gmail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/26/gmail/index.html?source=rss Privacy advocates are frothing about Google's plan to scan e-mail for advertising purposes. A report from an early tester of the service says their concerns are overblown. By Jim Fisher Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/02/e_mail_to_australia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/02/e_mail_to_australia/index.html?source=rss From dull longing to document to electrical pulse ... By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/02/e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/02/e_mail/index.html?source=rss Four Internet pioneers discuss the sorry state of online communication today. The consensus: It's a real mess. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss The only way to stem the flood of unwanted e-mail may be to harness a million eyeballs and an army of open-source hackers. By David Miller Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/09/corporate_e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/09/corporate_e_mail/index.html?source=rss They don't call it a "killer app" for nothing. E-mail is corporate culture's favorite new weapon. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/27/animal_surveillance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/27/animal_surveillance/index.html?source=rss Birds do it, polar bears do it -- and with the help of satellite transmitters, they send e-mail too. By Damien Cave Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/08/orbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/08/orbs/index.html?source=rss The ORBS blacklist, a controversial tool for stopping unsolicited e-mail, is suddenly inaccessible. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/col/tech/2001/05/18/tech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/tech/2001/05/18/tech/index.html?source=rss All that hate mail was getting us down. So we sent a note to Usofyne.com and got back a healthy dose of ass-kissing. By Janelle Brown Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/07/modem_e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/07/modem_e_mail/index.html?source=rss Another day, another inadvertent corporate e-mail spreading rage and embarrassment. By Douglas Cruickshank Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/03/07/virus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/03/07/virus/index.html?source=rss The most recent Internet-borne computer disease appeals to the weakness in our flesh. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/12/20/christmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/12/20/christmas/index.html?source=rss Here's a real-world year-end wish list for people who actually use computers. Read by Robert Sean Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2000/10/16/hamilton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/fiction/2000/10/16/hamilton/index.html?source=rss In Jane Hamilton's new novel, "Disobedience," a teenager reads his mother's e-mail and discovers she's having an affair. By Don George Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/col/george/2000/08/25/calls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/george/2000/08/25/calls/index.html?source=rss This is something I will never do in a hotel room again. Ever. By Diane Seo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/03/snoop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/08/03/snoop/index.html?source=rss Hide those dirty pictures, scratch the solitaire: Major companies are increasingly monitoring employee Web, e-mail and phone activity. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/25/spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/04/25/spam/index.html?source=rss Recipes for dealing with spam Plus: Who took the surprise out of the Waco raid? Hemlock Society founder weighs in on physician-assisted suicide. By Simson Garfinkel Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/company_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/company_spam/index.html?source=rss Steamy sex spam isn't the half of it. Legitimate businesses threaten our e-mail system with their misguided marketing efforts. By Simson Garfinkel Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/avoid_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/avoid_spam/index.html?source=rss There are a few ways to evade spammers, but most will limit your reception of other mail too. By Janelle Brown Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/18/spam_graveyard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/18/spam_graveyard/index.html?source=rss Not only does it clutter up your in box, but even when you say yes, you'd like to make $20,000 in your spare time, nobody answers. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/05/zaplets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/05/zaplets/index.html?source=rss It's alive: Can a Zaplet tame your bloated in box?