Email Overload

Apparently, Gopher Girl is not the only person for whom a clogged electronic inbox has become a bane. According to the Washington Post, a blogger and venture capitalist’s last month in declaring email bankruptcy could be the start of a new trend: “The supposed convenience of electronic mail, like so many other innovations of technology, has become too much for some people. Swamped by an unmanageable number of messages -- the volume of e-mail traffic has nearly doubled in the past two years, according to research firm DYS Analytics -- and plagued by annoying spam and viruses, some users are saying "Enough!" Those declaring bankruptcy are swearing off e-mail entirely or, more commonly, deleting all old messages and starting fresh.”