On 3/15/07, Colgan, Julie J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I remember reading a story a few years back that a company banned
> internal email on Fridays.  Their reasoning was, I believe, more to put
> human interaction back into the mix (read: team building), not as much
> to effect email stores.  However, I'm sure it did have an impact.  A
> large majority of the email I send and receive are internal messages
> which a phone call or personal visit could resolve just the same.
>
> Enforcement would be pretty easy (I would imagine - but then again I'm
> not an IT person) by monitoring the messages going thru the server to
> identify how many messages had the corporate domain and how many were
> outside domains.  Any "perpetrators" who sent internal email on a Friday
> would easily be identified.
>
> I can't recall who it was that did this and haven't read anything about
> the success/failure of the initiative, but have always liked the idea.


Seems like one did it (PBD) and others said "me too"  =)

http://snipurl.com/1d2tv

http://snipurl.com/1d2tt

http://snipurl.com/1d2tp


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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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