The four most annoying things about email

Despite being the most used form of online communication, email has major drawbacks. Since the dawn of spam, email has grown to become both our most used asset as well as our most despised necessity. Many have gone away from it (myself included), only having it available as a last resort when people refuse to use more civilized forms of online communication.

And yet, email continues to dominate much of our online lives.

This infographic by our friends at Ccloop discusses the history of email and breaks down the 4 biggest announces:

  • Attachment Chaos
  • The Great Flood
  • Super Spam
  • Forgetful Forwards

Do you agree? Are there other annoyances that cause more pain? Are any of these really no big deal for you? Click to enlarge and find out.

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Connor Livingston
Connor Livingston
Connor Livingston is a tech blogger who will be launching his own site soon, Lythyum. He lives in Oceanside, California, and has never surfed in his life.

1 COMMENT

  1. the most annonying thing is spam emails. Gmail has somekind of good filtering rules but yahoo is worst in this regard.

    But we can use disposable email address site to avoid such problems.

    MOHAMMAD arshad

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