SEMI-OT - E-mails - HomeOwnersHub

J T · 2005-03-15T19:53:29+00:00

Today I got an e-mail. From someone about one of my posts on athread here. NO, don't volunteer who you are. That's happened before,someone e-mailed me, and then volunteered theirself up, while I wastrying to be polite and not reveal them. So, I guess it's time to pass this along again. If I don't knowyou, I don't care to get e-mail from you. However, I will usually tryto be polite about it. BUT, it tends to piss me off when I get ane-mail from someone, with a subject from a thread on rec.woodworking,and nothing to say it's by e-mail only. Then when I hunt down thethread, and check, find out it was by e-mail only. Got one of thosetoday. I was even polite when I replied. Honest. Possibly not by hisstandards, but by mine. Sometimes not, and sometimes just dump thee-mail, without replying, once in awhile without even reading it. So,today I played nice. I was addressed in the e-mail like I was the original poster. Iwasn't. And, I was passed along a set of plans that I didn't ask for,didn't need, don't want. You know, the exact type of thing that shouldbe posted in the thread, so everyone can get the benefit of the link. I've said it before, I'll say it again now, I'll probably say itagain in the future. IF you're gonna e-mail me, at least have thecourtesy to state at the beginning of the e-mail that it's e-mail only,ESPECIALLY if it has a thread subject. There are a few people here,they know who they are, that do e-mail me, very infrequently to be sure,so even if they forget to say that, there's no problem with them,because I KNOW THEM. Don't e-mail me, I'll e-mail you.JOATIntellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. - David Fasold

SEMI-OT - E-mails

Mar 15, 2005 24 Replies

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Norman D. Crow 21 years ago

Mine are "Reply Group", "Reply" and "Forward" on OE(newsgroups).

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Lee Michaels 21 years ago

Don't forget Ignore and Block Sender. :)

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Mark 21 years ago

Ain't public media a bitch? Curious - do you give the mailman grief for junk mail or contact senders of unsolicited mail? You're whining about two semi-solicited emails. Wish I had that complaint. Wanna swap unwanted emails? Like I tell my grandson - cry harder! Mark

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Norman D. Crow 21 years ago

Yabbut, those aren't on my toolbar, they're under the "message" drop down menu.

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ranck 21 years ago

I said I wasn't sure which one. It might have been Netscape or an older version of OE. I know I ran across one that had that behaviour and quickly moved on to something else.

Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.

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