> Or it could mean ASAP Why? This basically means they must “read” the message ASAP to decide whether to reply ASAP or not. That OUGHT NOT TO BE the expectat

> Or it could mean ASAP Why? This basically means they must “read” the message ASAP to decide whether to reply ASAP or not. That OUGHT NOT TO BE the expectation ever! Let alone the expectation of an immediate answer, the root problem is expectation of that message “being read right then” or soon.