Bill, glad it has worked for you.
I have regular e-mail conversations with several ex-girl friends. Didn't meet them on the internet, tho.
It's amazing how close we are now, as we only "see" each other on the WWW.
Yep, e-mail has brought back the art of letter writing. Admittedly, some people use those abbreviations (or is it e-breviations?) to the point that I probably couldn't read their e-mail, but the overall trend is for people to learn to communicate by writing again.