> What I would like explained to me is why so many people fail to check
> their email every day!  What's the point of using an ultra-fast mail
> system if you're not going to take advantage of its speed?

This topic has not much to do with music, yet it is interesting, of
course.  Having served as a tutor for an Internet Service Provider
I have quite a bit of insight into this "problem".

You have to consider quite a number of facts:

- At some places on earth you still have to _pay_ for calling up your
  Internet service provider;

- Quite a lot of people are not that interested in computers and
  the Internet, yet they want to own an email account (you might have
  a fax machine and never use it -- same thing);

- Even though they're not in the Internet, most people have work to do,
  thus they may not have the time to check very often (some have their
  partner check it for them!);

and:

- People don't _realize_ exactly how fast Internet can be!  They know
  about "Instant Messengers", though.

For example: Many times I sit in the 'Net and I get in an email (my
program checks for new email every 5 minutes) and -- of course (since
I can) -- I reply to it right away.  As I'm a fast typist and keep my
reply short (usually, but not for MMD, though <hehehe>), that can be
very prompt!

Thus I catch them still on-line.  They still were answering other
emails and as they send those, their email-program re-checks for mail
and downloads my reply.  It surprises them every time ;-)

Just to give you an idea:  I have my whole email set up so that I can
get a message through MSN-Messenger whenever I get new mail.  Guess how
often I read my email on average?  Only two times a day!

greetings by(e) InK - Ingmar Krause
Victoria, BC, Canada