It's not 30 messages per day, it's 30 additional messages per day above and beyond what he is able to respond to already. (It's not like he went on holiday for

It's not 30 messages per day, it's 30 additional messages per day above and beyond what he is able to respond to already. (It's not like he went on holiday for a month and came back to 1k messages.) Imagine if you write and respond to e-mail constantly, and you still get 30 more than that, and you've described what Fred lives with. :)