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Email is more popular than snail mail, according NetValue.

The Internet measurement outfit claims that in January home Net users sent a staggering 550 million emails compared to just 258 million letters.

"This is a real milestone for email," said Alki Manias, MD of NetValue UK.

"Email has surpassed hundreds of years of domestic Royal Mail services in a few years" he said.

According to the experts UK Net users sent 452 million emails with an estimated 100 million Web mails on top in January.

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