<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68153df8-eeea-4849-ba5a-d31bf340e6bb/822A681F-6578-44E3-A24C-DA8B9A2BB3E7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html" href="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smartcompany.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><H2>Addicted to email? You’re not alone</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><P>By Josh Catone</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html">The results from AOL’s fourth annual <A target="_blank" href="http://corp.aol.com/press-releases/2008/07/it-s-3-am-are-you-checking-your-email-again">email addiction survey</A> revealed that Americans, at least, are a nation of email addicts, and it’s getting worse.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html">According to AOL, 51% of respondents check their email four or more times per day, up 6% from last year and almost half (46%) admit to their email addiction.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><P>And the addiction is spreading into leisure time for many people — 62% read their work email at home on weekends, 19% do so more than five times. “Worse, 28% said they feel obligated to check work email while on vacation, and 19% choose vacation spots with email access,” wrote AOL in a press release.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">While driving: 50% (up from 37% last year). </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">In a bar or club: 39%. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Blog/Josh-Catone/20080804-Addicted-to-email-Youre-not-alone.html"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">In a business meeting: 38%. </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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