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Subject:Re: What is the medium we are using? From:Larry Slack <L -dot- Slack -at- CORNELL -dot- EDU> Date:Sun, 3 Oct 1993 03:13:08 -0400
>I have heard we are using email, or e-mail, or E-mail or Email.
>Now, which is it?
Good Question.
(Sitting firmly on the fence,) SInce the noted examples are short for
"Electronic Mail" or "electronic mail", I would vote for all three!
Seriously, most references that I see refer to E-mail. Probably because it
stands out the best (IMHO) as "different from US Mail", where "e-mail"
doesn't stand out enough and "Email" can be seen as one (confusing) word.
I confess that I haven't seen a style guide on this issue yet.
