Actually, this person doesnt know the limits! Email is not needed at all for the employees position.=20 But you make a very good point. nathan On Wednesday 04 December 2002 01:40 pm, der.hans wrote: > Am 03. Dec, 2002 schw=E4tzte Lee Levine so: > > Tell the employee to either stop checking e-mail from work > > or go look for another job. > > > > After all, if he/she isn't working, then he/she shouldn't get paid. > > Depending on the position, checking mail is fine. For instance, I'm wri= ting > this from work :). Much of my "personal" mail is related to work becaus= e I > interact with technical groups via my own domain. > > Email and irc has solved 3 technical issues for me today. My employer a= lso > benefits from my participating in public forums. I'm a more skilled > employee and they get semi-free advertising. > > In my particular case, I also often get work email to my home account e= ven > though I go to great effort to keep the two separate. > > I also use my home connection and my boxen at home as further points of > reference when working on stuff, not to mention the notes, etc. I have > stored at home. > > There are limits, though, and apparently this person has crossed those > limits. > > ciao, > > der.hans --=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Circuits Computer Services 716 N Beeline Hwy Payson, Arizona 85541 techsupport@circuitscomputers.com =20 Circuits Computer does the best of its ability to provide=20 technical support, however due to the rapid growth & change=20 in technology - we cannot accept responsibilty for errors and=20 malfunctions beyond our control.