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The man, identified by Interpol only as "Mike," is believed to be the leader of an international email scam.

The man, identified by Interpol only as "Mike," is believed to be the leader of an international email scam.

Published Apr 17, 2015

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London – Smartphones, tablets and laptops allow us to email each other at any time of the day or night.

But the best responses come from emails sent in the morning, researchers claim.

Communicating before lunch results in longer and more considered replies, according to a study of 16 billion emails.

It also found that as an exchange progresses, emails between two people become linguistically and stylistically similar.

Researchers from the University of Southern California and Yahoo Labs in Barcelona looked at emails sent and received by two million people.

They examined the time it took people to reply, the length of their reply and the proportion of emails to which they responded. As their inbox filled up, people replied faster than normal but to fewer emails.

Teenagers took an average of 13 minutes to reply, compared with 47 minutes for those aged at least 51.

The youngsters’ replies were 17 words long, compared with 40 for the older group.

The report said: ‘Emailing behaviour is not well understood.’

Daily Mail

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