US President George Bush has stopped using email as a form of communication, citing privacy concerns.
Mr Bush used to have a wide circle of family and friends to whom he exchanged emails as a way to stay in touch, particularly during his presidential campaign when he traveled frequently.
But that has come to a halt now that Mr Bush is in the White House.
"I used to be an avid emailer, and I emailed to my daughters or emailed to my father, for example, and I don't want those emails to be in the public domain," Mr Bush said to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
He said he does not e-mail out of concern his private communications could be subject to freedom of information laws and could be made public.
Mr Bush said, however, that his administration will cooperate fully with freedom of information requests if they do not jeopardize national security.