[AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy

[Larry D. Goss]

A couple of years before I retired, I got an email from a bright-eyed
administrator (AKA in-duh-vidual) who sent out an email to all employees
that simply said: Please reply to this email so we'll know if you got
it.

I'm still shaking my head in disbelief over that one.  And yes, I think
she was a blonde.

Larry 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rick Weaver
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:46 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: RE: [AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy

John,

When I get these things I just don't answer.  If the sender doesn't care
enough about the answer to preauthorize I don't care enough to reply.

I also get these "please reply and let me update my address book"
emails.  Those just tell me the person is too lazy to do it themselves.
I don't respond to those either.  If the email got to me, their address
book entry is still correct, anyway.

Rick

----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of JParks
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:15 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Spam/Phish> OT...... email courtesy

I often receive emails from individuals asking for service, operations,
and
parts info regarding their machines.  Sometimes it is simple, like date
of
manufacture, but often it involves the sending of attachments, and a
longer
discourse on what to check or how to proceed in their trouble shooting
or
service.  I give it a shot, and reply, only to get hit with an "auto
reply"
telling me I have to fill out a questionnaire and ask for approval to
have
my email accepted.  I get PO'd.

I am sure that my cantankerous quotient is going up in my old age, as my
patience level decreases.  I understand the problems which we all face
with
spams, scams, fantastic opportunities from Nigeria, and parts orders
from
many countries (to be paid for with someone else's credit card number)
and
we all try to use products like Mailwasher etc. and have hundreds of
filter
criteria.

For those of you using these email servers which require such an
application
to receive a response, is it possible for you to preauthorize the
acceptance
of an email you are expecting or hoping to receive, or is the respondent
always required to jump through your hurdles to send you a response to
an
email you requested in the first place!?

If pot was not illegal, this might not bother me, but it is and it does.

John Parks
Boise, ID






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