[svlug] Orin Hatch and Barbara Boxer

[Jeffrey Siegal]

William R Ward wrote:

> Don Marti writes:
> 
>>A unique postal mail letter -- whether it's printed
>>or hand-written -- counts for way more than e-mail,
>>phone, or fax.
> 
> 
> Is that still true, post-anthrax?  I was under the impression that
> e-mail was a lot more likely to actually be read than postal mail.

Virtually none of it actually gets read by the principal (or even senior 
staff) but it gets counted, summarized, and categorized, more likely 
off-site these days. Original letters, preprinted letters/postcards, 
faxes, phone calls, emails are all counted separately.  Those formats 
that require more effort by the sender and are less likely to have been 
orchestrated by an interest group are probably more effective.