Yes I truely believe you are correct in what you are saying...email kills productivity and conversation. There are cases that they are useful - but more and more I beleive they kill time & productivity.   I am sure I am not along in constantly checking my email every 10-15 mins...now to the state I have to close my email down and try and check it every gew hours...and to be honest, I do not miss anything critial.   In business you should have a rule - if its ugrent - call...if not urgent, text or email out of hours is okay....   Good question & good comments here.... Ciaran 

Email is the modern form of communication through sending messages to another email address of the person called 'recipient'. There are instances that not all email sent to us goes directly into inbox, sometimes they are classified into junk or spam folder where lots of people miss and not aware of checking. A confirmation message would do help to determine whether our messages really sent and receive by the recipient.

I think you're correct in feeling that we rely on e-mail a little too much these days, without taking into account the the person(s) that we send the messeges to may or may not have read or even received the messeges. It's just the direction that things are going. E-mail is fast, inexpensive and usually dependable. And as for making sure that the recipient of the messege receives and at least glances at it, we could select to have a "Email Receipt Confirmation" messege sent back to us once the original messege has been opened, but only if your e-mail client or service supports that option. And the recipient of the messege doesn't mind letting you know when and that they have opened your messege.

I think you're correct in feeling that we rely on e-mail a little too much these days, without taking into account the the person(s) that we send the messeges to may or may not have read or even received the messeges. It's just the direction that things are going. E-mail is fast, inexpensive and usually dependable. And as for making sure that the recipient of the messege receives and at least glances at it, we could select to have a "Email Receipt Confirmation" messege sent back to us once the original messege has been opened, but only if your e-mail client or service supports that option. And the recipient of the messege doesn't mind letting you know when and that they have opened your messege.