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by eli 4785 days ago
That article seems inaccurate or at least incomplete. If you read the NY State decision [1] you can read the judge's reasoning. It seems pretty reasonable and is definitely not some sort of blanket rule that service by email is OK. Notably, the AOL mail service did send an automated "message read" receipt.

http://www.courts.state.ny.us/Reporter/3dseries/2008/2008_28...