The E-Mail Must Go Through

May, 1997

--The E-Mail Must Go Through--Last year, for the first time, more messages were delivered via e-mail than by the U.S. Postal Service. Obviously, efficiency has something to do with it. (In the time it takes to write, stamp and mail a single letter, you can fire off digital notes to half a dozen people.) Electronics manufacturers have contributed to e-mail's popularity by introducing innovative gadgets that let you stay on top of your messages--even on the go. Notebook and palmtop computers, for...