Michael C. Berch wrote:
> Since practically everyone -- even in
Stone-Age IT shops -- has Web access these days, albeit via a
firewall,
proxy, external service, etc., I have had a lot of success in
persuading
people to use a Web-based mail service like HotMail, Yahoo mail, or
Netscape Netcenter. And that way they will have the message right
there
at work, too. <
Yes, and I would bet that many of my s*bscribers that have those
addresses are doing just that. I try to help potential s*bscribers to
get on the list as much as is feasible for me.
One of my current clients right now forbids (but does not block) use
or access to any other e-mail account from work, be it web-based or
not. Another filters out any site with the words PASSWORD or LOGIN on
the page, anywhere. Another shop only grants access to the web for
management level and above (what, only the managers have the time to
spare?) I also have 2 friends who work at 2 different shops with over
1000 IT workers (just my target customer) who have no web access at
all.
I believe management and sysadmins at these places are totally out of
touch with the way technology works in the rest of the world. I
believe they were probably the same ones that forbid telephones on
worker's desks until just recently and only because they realized it
was cheaper than the 5 operators they needed to take messages.
I do all this assisting and wrangling and hand holding because the
payback is so great: one hour of this can lead to tens of thousands of
dollars in billable time down the road -- and it has happened.
I think we have beat this subject to death. Any one up for debating
sex, religion, or politics now?
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