Why Business Email is Doomed

Malware, ransomware, phishing and other hacker tools will make email obsolete.

By Frank Stitely
The Relentless CPA

Last year, the CEO of Slack predicted the demise of business email in five years. I think he’s wrong. I think business email maybe has another two years. There are two obvious reasons why email has a foot in the technological grave.

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First, spam killed the efficiency of email. How much time do you spend each day deleting spam? You can train your spam blocker, but professional spammers get through using variable email addresses and agreements with internet routing companies.