Easier E-Mail for the Older Generation


	Easier E-Mail for the Older Generation

mugofcoffee

8-8-2009 11:24 PM

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8-9-2009 10:39 AM

Pegleg2

Total nonsense. I used e-mail before most of these kids were born.

8-9-2009 10:56 PM

mugofcoffee

Not all are made equal: there are still scores of people who does not know how to operate the system, forget about playing with the emails...

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