[26204] in resnet
Re: email advice
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randall K. Kouns)
Sat Apr 9 08:55:06 2011
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Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 08:54:43 -0400
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From: "Randall K. Kouns" <kounsra@earlham.edu>
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short of putting a generic disclaimer in your signature block or sending ev=
ery chain email back to the sender there is not much you can do... can't fi=
lter...cause the titles always change.... (unless your filter on FWD:)=20
we all get them, we all delete them....fact of life for an email user!!=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Drago N. Elboni" <drago.n.elboni@gmail.com>=20
To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU=20
Sent: Friday, April 8, 2011 9:08:34 PM=20
Subject: email advice=20
I'm having a problem receiving a lot of stupid email forwards. Especially w=
ith the baby boomers. I would appreciate any suggestions the listserv has t=
o offer, because this problem has become particuarly frustrating for an ema=
il power user such as myself.=20
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.=20
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 sense=
s 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.=20
My grandmother, on the other hand.... Well, we've already had one discussio=
n about how getting religious-toned pro-American military everything was a =
bit offensive as a humanist, pacifist and atheist. And she took it quite we=
ll, 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.=
=20
I think the biggest issue that we are using email for different things. I a=
m an email power user, they are not. They are using it as an occasional com=
munication tool that is capable of holding files, pictures, words, and idea=
s. I, on the other hand, am an email power user. I use my work email to com=
municate 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 f=
riends are up to, to manage choir business and to inform my friends and fam=
ily as to what's going on in my life. Yes, amusing and funny things make th=
eir way into both my work and personal email, but for me, email is not an o=
ptional thing that I log into occasionally. I am in my email inboxes at lea=
st 10 hours a day. I have three active email accounts, as well as specializ=
ed email aliases that forward to my personal and work accounts, the 20+ ema=
il lists that I'm on, or the separate email accounts that forward to my mai=
n accounts (such as ResNet and choir).=20
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 som=
e fluffy thing for me. It is an integral part of my job and responsibilitie=
s, and when someone sends me crap about The World's Biggest Hug or "RE: Lov=
e SPell - Pass it ON OR ELSE!!1!" it makes me upset. Because they've now st=
olen 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 nee=
ds. And that as family and friends, I expect more of them.=20
So what can I do about receiving all these stupid emails? Should I email pe=
ople back and let them know to stop sending them, or should I just block th=
em?=20
I hope someone can offer some advice, surely I'm not the only one dealing w=
ith this.=20
-=20
Drago N. Elboni=20
Service Desk Manager at National Central University=20
http://servicedesk.cc.ncu.edu.tw/=20
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>short of putting a generic disclaimer in your signature block or sending e=
very chain email back to the sender there is not much you can do... can't f=
ilter...cause the titles always change.... (unless your filter on FWD:)<br>=
<br>we all get them, we all delete them....fact of life for an email user!!=
<br><br> <br><br><br><br><hr id=3D"zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Drago N. Elbon=
i" <drago.n.elboni@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<=
br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, April 8, 2011 9:08:34 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>email a=
dvice<br><br><div>I'm having a problem receiving a lot of stupid email forw=
ards. Especially with the baby boomers. I would appreciate any sugges=
tions the listserv has to offer, because this problem has become parti=
cuarly frustrating for an email power user such as myself.</div>
<div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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 fort=
h entertaining comments about the funny. So she knows that I'm cool with he=
r highly amusing forwards.</div>
<div> </div><div>My grandmother, on the other hand.... Well, we've alr=
eady had one discussion about how getting religious-toned pro-American mili=
tary everything was a bit offensive as a humanist, pacifist and atheist. An=
d she took it quite well, and I haven't gotten anything from her in that ve=
in lately. But I still get stuff from her and other older family members. A=
nd it's so OBNOXIOUS.</div>
<div> </div><div>I think the biggest issue that we are using email for=
different things. I am an email power user, they are not. They are u=
sing it as an occasional communication tool that is capable of holding file=
s, 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 bas=
is. I use my personal email to stay abreast of community issues, what's goi=
ng 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, amus=
ing and funny things make their way into both my work and personal email, b=
ut for me, email is not an optional thing that I log into occasionally. I a=
m in my email inboxes at least 10 hours a day. I have three active email ac=
counts, as well as specialized email aliases that forward to my personal an=
d work accounts, the 20+ email lists that I'm on, or the separate email acc=
ounts that forward to my main accounts (such as ResNet and choir).</di=
v>
<div> </div><div>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 second=
s to compose and send. But I am an email power user: I use the keyboard fai=
rly 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 j=
ob and responsibilities, and when someone sends me crap about The World's B=
iggest 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 d=
oesn't matter that it was seconds. What matters is that people are not cogn=
izant of me and my needs. And that as family and friends, I expect more of =
them.</div>
<div> </div><div>So what can I do about receiving all these stupid ema=
ils? Should I email people back and let them know to stop sending the=
m, or should I just block them?</div><div> </div><div>I hope someone c=
an offer some advice, surely I'm not the only one dealing with this.</div>
<div> </div><div>-</div><div> </div><div>Drago N. Elboni</div><di=
v>Service Desk Manager at National Central University</div><div><span class=
=3D"f"><cite><a href=3D"http://servicedesk.cc.ncu.edu.tw/" target=3D"_blank=
">http://servicedesk.cc.ncu.edu.tw/</a></cite></span></div>
<div><span class=3D"f"><cite></cite></span> </div>
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