> Email is the pinnacle of human communication. For one to one or one to many types of communication, I agree. Email, in my opinion, breaks down when there's

> Email is the pinnacle of human communication. For one to one or one to many types of communication, I agree. Email, in my opinion, breaks down when there's a discussion amongst multiple people. For instance, you have to make sure that everyone in the discussion addresses are added by your MUA before clicking the reply button (or using the equivalent keyboard command). The other problem is that if you need to include a new person in an existing discussion, they won't have any of the previous messages to refer to (other than what happens to be quoted in the email they receive). Newsgroups, on the other hand, address the issues I mentioned and are just as good as email in communication IMO.