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E-mail's Down!

09:57 / 07.12.04

So my uni's e-mail system has been down since yesterday afternoon. I can't send or receive anything, which is a pain because I have research to organise, and because it's the address all my friends e-mail me at. The fact I can't access my e-mail is driving me up the wall...even though I'm pretty sure that I'm not missing much beyond the normal spam and newsletters. It's more the feeling of being cut off from something that's annoying me.

So does anyone feel like this in similar situations? How did e-mail become such a pervasive element in modern life? Can you live without? Or are you an e-mail junkie?

20:25 / 21.12.04

hello writing into your post a little late but when i have no credit on my mobile i go mental if i get i message i need to text back to. i also get annoyed when emails take long to arrive in someones inbox.

21:03 / 21.12.04

Can you live without? Or are you an e-mail junkie?

I'm sort of the email-user equivalent of a selfish lover. I check it often and greedily, devouring any incoming mail the minute it arrives, but I rarely reply. I'm awful! I'm ashamed of myself.

21:42 / 21.12.04

I don't use email much, but I am seriously addicted to the internet in general. I really don't know what I would do with my time if I didn't have it.