[26203] in resnet
email advice
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drago N. Elboni)
Fri Apr 8 21:08:59 2011
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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 20:08:34 -0500
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From: "Drago N. Elboni" <drago.n.elboni@gmail.com>
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I'm having a problem receiving a lot of stupid email forwards. Especially
with the baby boomers. I would appreciate any suggestions the listserv has
to offer, because this problem has become particuarly frustrating for an
email power user such as myself.
Certain people like to send me email. Great! I'm glad you're thinking of me.
But I really, really don't like getting chain mail/spam.
It's one thing when it's genuinely funny. One of my cousins sends me stuff
fairly often, but I actually laugh at it. So it's OK; we have similar senses
of humor and we will email back and forth entertaining comments about the
funny. So she knows that I'm cool with her highly amusing forwards.
My grandmother, on the other hand.... Well, we've already had one discussion
about how getting religious-toned pro-American military everything was a bit
offensive as a humanist, pacifist and atheist. And she took it quite well,
and I haven't gotten anything from her in that vein lately. But I still get
stuff from her and other older family members. And it's so OBNOXIOUS.
I think the biggest issue that we are using email for different things. I am
an email power user, they are not. They are using it as an occasional
communication tool that is capable of holding files, pictures, words, and
ideas. I, on the other hand, am an email power user. I use my work email to
communicate with hundreds of people on a daily basis. I use my personal
email to stay abreast of community issues, what's going on in Facebook, what
my friends are up to, to manage choir business and to inform my friends and
family as to what's going on in my life. Yes, amusing and funny things make
their way into both my work and personal email, but for me, email is not an
optional thing that I log into occasionally. I am in my email inboxes at
least 10 hours a day. I have three active email accounts, as well as
specialized email aliases that forward to my personal and work accounts, the
20+ email lists that I'm on, or the separate email accounts that forward to
my main accounts (such as ResNet and choir).
On an average day, I read about 200 emails. I send at least 40, if not more.
A lot of them are quick responses, that take seconds to compose and send.
But I am an email power user: I use the keyboard fairly exclusively once I
start working in Apple Mail, and I type SUPER DUPER FAST. Email is not some
fluffy thing for me. It is an integral part of my job and responsibilities,
and when someone sends me crap about The World's Biggest Hug or "RE: Love
SPell - Pass it ON OR ELSE!!1!" it makes me upset. Because they've now
stolen 5 seconds of my time. It's my time, dammit. It doesn't matter that it
was seconds. What matters is that people are not cognizant of me and my
needs. And that as family and friends, I expect more of them.
So what can I do about receiving all these stupid emails? Should I email
people back and let them know to stop sending them, or should I just block
them?
I hope someone can offer some advice, surely I'm not the only one dealing
with this.
-
Drago N. Elboni
Service Desk Manager at National Central University
http://servicedesk.cc.ncu.edu.tw/
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<div>I'm having a problem receiving a lot of stupid email forwards. Esp=
ecially with the baby boomers.=A0 I would appreciate any suggestions the li=
stserv has to offer, because this=A0problem has become particuarly frustrat=
ing for an email power user such as myself.</div>
<div>=A0</div><div>Certain people like to send me email. Great! I'm gla=
d you're thinking of me. But I really, really don't like getting ch=
ain mail/spam.</div><div>=A0</div><div>It's one thing when it's gen=
uinely funny. One of my cousins sends me stuff fairly often, but I actually=
laugh at it. So it's OK; we have similar senses of humor and we will e=
mail back and forth entertaining comments about the funny. So she knows tha=
t I'm cool with her highly amusing forwards.</div>
<div>=A0</div><div>My grandmother, on the other hand.... Well, we've al=
ready had one discussion about how getting religious-toned pro-American mil=
itary everything was a bit offensive as a humanist, pacifist and atheist. A=
nd she took it quite well, and I haven't gotten anything from her in th=
at vein lately. But I still get stuff from her and other older family membe=
rs. And it's so OBNOXIOUS.</div>
<div>=A0</div><div>I think the biggest issue that we are using email for di=
fferent things. I am an email power user, they are not.=A0 They are using i=
t as an occasional communication tool that is capable of holding files, pic=
tures, words, and ideas. I, on the other hand, am an email power user. I us=
e my work email to communicate with hundreds of people on a daily basis. I =
use my personal email to stay abreast of community issues, what's going=
on in Facebook, what my friends are up to, to manage choir business and to=
inform my friends and family as to what's going on in my life. Yes, am=
using and funny things make their way into both my work and personal email,=
but for me, email is not an optional thing that I log into occasionally. I=
am in my email inboxes at least 10 hours a day. I have three active email =
accounts, as well as specialized email aliases that forward to my personal =
and work accounts, the 20+ email lists that I'm on, or the separate ema=
il accounts that forward to my main accounts (such as ResNet=A0and choir).<=
/div>
<div>=A0</div><div>On an average day, I read about 200 emails. I send at le=
ast 40, if not more. A lot of them are quick responses, that take seconds t=
o compose and send. But I am an email power user: I use the keyboard fairly=
exclusively once I start working in Apple Mail, and I type SUPER DUPER FAS=
T. Email is not some fluffy thing for me. It is an integral part of my job =
and responsibilities, and when someone sends me crap about The World's =
Biggest Hug or "RE: Love SPell - Pass it ON OR ELSE!!1!" it makes=
me upset. Because they've now stolen 5 seconds of my time. It's my=
time, dammit. It doesn't matter that it was seconds. What matters is t=
hat people are not cognizant of me and my needs. And that as family and fri=
ends, I expect more of them.</div>
<div>=A0</div><div>So what can I do about receiving all these stupid emails=
?=A0 Should I email people back and let them know to stop sending them, or =
should I just block them?</div><div>=A0</div><div>I hope someone can offer =
some advice, surely I'm not the only one dealing with this.</div>
<div>=A0</div><div>-</div><div>=A0</div><div>Drago N. Elboni</div><div>Serv=
ice Desk Manager at National Central University</div><div><span class=3D"f"=
><cite><a href=3D"http://servicedesk.cc.ncu.edu.tw/">http://servicedesk.cc.=
ncu.edu.tw/</a></cite></span></div>
<div><span class=3D"f"><cite></cite></span>=A0</div>
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