> If it's someone I don't know (megacorp here too!) I just ignore it altogether... They'll eventually give up and ask the actual question. This is my tactic to

> If it's someone I don't know (megacorp here too!) I just ignore it altogether... They'll eventually give up and ask the actual question. This is my tactic too. About 50% of the time, they finally cave and just ask the question within a couple of days, and the other 50% of the time I never hear from them again! Still annoys me though, as it's just one more thing in the back of my mind when I'm trying to focus on something.