Assignment 8.2

I chose to write about "Surviving Chronic E-mail Fatigue."

What is Chronic E-Mail Fatigue? It's where you constantly check your email, you may hit the "check for email" button in the hopes that there is an incoming message for you to read. You probably check your email right when you get up, probably before taking a shower or having a cup of coffee, and check it right before you go to bed. You may check it hoping for something more interesting to do or read instead of what you are presently doing. But most likely, it will just be junk mail.

With the invention of email, we have opened ourselves to a world of unwanted, un-asked for junk mail. If you enter a website your address is listed on their site, and then you are running the change of spam and virus'.

It is highly advised that you get spam filtering on your computer to avoid these things. Your IP may offer it as an included service.

If you are truly addicted to E-mail, see signs listed above, then it is advised that you set specific times to check your email and stick to it.

So the next time you hear the little ringing and the words, "you've got mail." stop and think before you act. Is it time to read your email? If so, is it anything interesting really? If not, have your address removed from their mailing list.