Email is not dead yet

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Email is not dead yet

Speaking during a panel discussion at the 2019 MyBroadband Cloud Conference, Mimecast Sales Engineer for the Middle East and Africa Mikey Molfessis refuted the predicted death of email.

While many have predicted that email will die in the near future, Molfessis said he does not expect email to go anywhere.
 
As long as there is day-to-day business, email isn't going anywhere soon. Mimecast will need to protect this idea, their product exists due to email, obviously, they were punting their service.
 
Those who predict that email is dying due to IM is delusional. Both mediums serve different purposes. Exactly the same with work management and other collaboration software, you can't take that communication out of its centric space.

If you have Android you have a Google Account, if you have an Apple you have an Apple Account (Apple ID) and Microsoft... all of which are fundamentally an email service.
 
I didn't get that email.... about it being dead.
Unless it's in my junk folder.
 
Mimecast should have a limited time. Microsoft have archiving and filtering. Why would you go with their product?
 
freematrix said:
Mimecast should have a limited time. Microsoft have archiving and filtering. Why would you go with their product?
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Mimecast is a solid service, it more than archiving and filtering, it is a security product. It is just that they have the major foothold in South Africa, and many of their global competitors are disinterested in providing local hosting of said competing services. Hopefully, the day PoPI is called into action then the landscape may change.

Mimecast does more than this, they have invested in other technologies and businesses ;)
 
Google Wave your email goodbye.
Said no one, ever.
 
It's one of those things that will exist forever, just like fat people, herpes and cocaine
 
Ke? Who the hell predicted email is dying? Even when clients whatsapp or telegram me (and yes, I do have clients that is on telegram so fck off you Whatsapp punters), I tell them to send the request via email. I cant process without a email from the company and in many cases, company letterhead.
 
Email is dead. I have over 20K unread and that number is growing. If you want me to ignore something, email it to me.
 
GreGorGy said:
Email is dead. I have over 20K unread and that number is growing. If you want me to ignore something, email it to me.
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Sounds like your email setup just needs a serious overhaul? Most working people cannot afford to be unreachable on email. The alternative is likely a deluge of WhatsApps, SMSes and phone calls - Jesus, no thanks.

What portion of that number is unwanted newsletters and spam? I think it's also important to have several email accounts. My Gmail address is my lowest priority inbox and used to sign up with most sites or for dealing with low priority people. My Outlook address is my main personal email and I use it constantly. It gets no spam at all. Then it's a master admin account that others forward to and my main work address. Pretty easy to keep things neat and segregated, and to channel newsletters and spam to a specific account.

Also, I strongly feel that email is moronic within your own organisation. Use something like Twist or Slack rather. Twist is the best thing since sliced bread.
 
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