http://dir.salon.com/topics/e_mail/?source=rss&aim=e_mail en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT By Vincent Rossmeier Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/09/19/better_pencil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/09/19/better_pencil/index.html?source=rss No! The author of "A Better Pencil" explains why such hysterical hand-wringing is as old as communication itself By Andrew Leonard Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/20/credit_karma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/20/credit_karma/index.html?source=rss Credit Karma crunches the numbers. Gmail users have better credit. AOL, a little worse. But Yahoo is at the bottom By Cary Tennis Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/24/husbands_email_mistress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/24/husbands_email_mistress/index.html?source=rss Could a private detective find her? I have to know what she looks like! By David Sirota Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/27/off_the_grid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/27/off_the_grid/index.html?source=rss In this age of instant e-mail and ubiquitous BlackBerrys, is it possible to disconnect completely? By Rebecca Traister Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/01/freedom_traister/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/01/freedom_traister/index.html?source=rss Constant e-mailing, Web surfing and online games were melting my brain. Then I found something that might actually save me from myself. By Cary Tennis Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/16/wants_both_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/16/wants_both_women/index.html?source=rss I thought I liked this guy, but his message to me and the other woman he's dating seemed pretty tacky. By Mike Madden Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/27/obama_facebook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/27/obama_facebook/index.html?source=rss In the tech-challenged White House, the prez's BlackBerry-savvy aides feel like they've stumbled into the Carter administration. By Cary Tennis Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:09:00 PDT 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.