While you may certainly hear from industry executives who claim that personalized, targeted, and triggered messaging is the status quo for email these days, not everyone agrees that batch-and-blast emails are a thing of the past. In fact, Multichannel Merchant spoke to two executives at eTail West last month, who claimed there is a place for emails that go to everyone on your list. For example, a Valentine's Day promotion might go out to anyone on your customer list and it doesn't matter what time of day they prefer to open your emails.