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E-mail is dead, long live e-mail

While e-mail has been reduced to a joyless medium and has obvious drawbacks, there remain many things that it is the best tool for

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Sometimes, when I am feeling especially overwhelmed, I just pause and watch the little unread e-mails counter tick up.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on November 15, 2020, with the headline E-mail is dead, long live e-mail. Subscribe