--- Roland Perry <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> In message
> <[log in to unmask]>, at
> 14:33:47 on
> Fri, 20 Jul 2007, NICHOLAS LANDAU
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >> It can also be a significant problem when the
> lost email is your
> >>e-ticket for the plane!
> >
> >That can also be a problem with personal email - I
> think that such
> >websites normally recommend printing out the
> response on the webpage
> >for that very reason.
>
> I have definitely experienced e-vendors where all
> you get is an email.
> And probably from a "new" email address that you
> could not know to put
> into a spam filter whitelist (if you run such a
> thing).
>
> >And Roland demonstrates that we certainly shouldn't
> rely on using the
> >Internet at work for our own personal use - we can
> hardly blame our
> >employer's system if our own personal holiday
> arrangements go wrong.
>
> My travel example was a business trip.
>
> ps I do feel something of a double standard is being
> recommended here.
> People get company cars that they are allowed to use
> for private
> mileage, but I'm sure they have just as much right
> to expect them to be
> roadworthy during the private (as well as business)
> miles.
I am not quite sure where this is going. Can I opt out
of the discussion? There are problems with use of
email and other technologies...
I haven't got any more time to spend on this dialogue
- although I am sure it could go on forever.
Nick Landau
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