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August 02, 2004
The Trouble with Mail
I have a personal email account. It has its own domain name. It has its unique alias which is used only by people who I chose as worthy enough to be my friends. That email address is not listed anywhere on the web, nor entered into fora or websites.
However, today I received the first spam mail in that email account (and no thank you guys, I dont think I need Viagra at this stage in my life...). You can bet I am not happy with this. You can bet I am feeling weaker than ever and my trust in email has definitely collapsed as well.
It is so unfortunate that such an easy and pretty much straightforward system of communication has been destroyed by spam, and the lack of adequate control of the service. Email has been one of the seeds that are responsible for the internet growth in the mid 90ies - remember the days when we had to ask 'do you have email?' - but sadly I think we must put an end to it the way it exists at this stage.
RSS to the rescue then? It looks like RSS is a way that can integrate a whole set of different functionalities under the same cover, and communicating with friends is certainly something that can be covered by it. It is really no accident why Wikis are becoming popular as collaboration tools, eliminating the need to use email - and more.
Do you remember the Beatles' cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band in which the 'old' Beatles are standing in front of the open grave of their past while the new Beatles rejoice as members of the band behind them? It is time for email to join the cover in the same fashion.
Basil Drolias @ Rugles Website Marketing
Posted by Basileios at August 2, 2004 02:55 AM
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