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The Perils of E-Mail

1. INTRODUCTION

A 1998 survey conducted by Forester Research, Inc. estimated that 98% of all companies with more than 1,000 employees have Internet access and 45% of businesses with under 100 employees are on-line (Norman 32). According to International Data Corporation, at the end of 1998, 90 million U.S. workers were sending 1.1 billion business e-mail messages per day. In the year 2000, that same firm projects that 130 million workers will inundate recipients with 2.8 billion e-mail messages each day (Hawkins 24). The advantages of using e-mail are obvious. E-mail is often a better and more efficient means of communication because it's easy to use and saves time and money. E-mail has become a necessary tool for conducting business and has even facilitated the growth of telecommuting by employees. For these reasons, in recent years, advances in electronic processing have been introduced into companies with little thought as to the potential risks......

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