If you read that and think "I have 24 emails a day; he must be getting about 100x as many pings for his attention," it might be worth reconsidering how people r

If you read that and think "I have 24 emails a day; he must be getting about 100x as many pings for his attention," it might be worth reconsidering how people react to his email policy. If I wanted to get in touch with this guy, I wouldn't send an email. I'd send five, spaced an hour or two apart, with varying subject lines. One joke, one brief and ambiguous ("re:requested") one with caps, etc. He'd probably be getting 400 emails a day if he didn't force people to resend anything they expected him to read.