Editor's Notebook

I’m responsible for monitoring a number of email accounts. At work I have one computer on my desk used exclusively for internet related tasks including monitoring email. During the work day, at least four email accounts are open, sometimes more. I haven’t counted but I suspect most days, hundreds of email messages are received. This morning one prolific sender sent the same message to four accounts. I responded to one and threw the other three away.

In my haste to skim through the messages, I sometimes regretfully overlook an important one.

On a recent morning while skimming the email, one fro...