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How the White House lost 5 million e-mails
Officials dropped the Clinton administration's automatic archiving system in favor of a fully manual plan.
Farhad Manjoo [2008-04-30]

  • Isn't "mail" singular?

    I've never figured out why "mail" is plural but "e-mail" is treated as singular.

    I don't go to my "mails box" to see what kind of "mails" the "mails man" brought today, so why are we concerned about lost "e-mails"?

    Shouldn't we be concerned about lost e-mail messages instead?

    -- essmeier
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    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:36 PM
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