On 2 May 2014 17:27:41 GMT, KenK wrote:

In my experience email is losing its effectiveness. For example, twice this
past week my email to a company with a question/problem was ignored and
I've had to send USPS letters instead. (I prefer such responses in writing
so I have an accurate record.) Hope those get read. This is getting more
and more common.

Evidently the great rise in spam and phish has caused companies to poorly
sort their incoming email or just ignore it unless they recognize the
sender.

The USPS shall rise again!

If I write an E-mail of importance, I do a cc: and bc:. The headers
will show it was sent. Display the headers and print a copy.

Is does not mean is was read, though. In a corporate environment - use
an option that shows the email was received and opened. I recall it
sends a reply back saying the email was at least opened.

YMMV.