Email clients are a lot like dogs. Why? Well, for one thing, their
owners are in constant denial. The unfortunate passerby may have the
dog's teeth embedded in her shin, with blood running down her leg - the
owner will still look her right in the eye and deny that the dog is
biting her. (Yes, I've actually seen this happen.) Plus, over time a
dog and its owner grow increasingly alike, and mutually dependent. And
no one can predict what dog an owner will choose and love.
-- Matt Neuburg "True Confessions of a Mailsmith Switcher"
TidBITS#690/28-Jul-03