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Another take on the same problem is to send an automatic reply saying Your email has been received. There are %N emails in my Inbox before yours. Your e
by huhtenberg 15y ago
Another take on the same problem is to send an automatic reply saying
Your email has been received.
There are %N emails in my Inbox before yours.
Your email is important to me.
The estimated wait time for the response is %M days.
Thank you for your patience.
:)
- simonsarris 15y agoIf two people both used that automatic reply, and one of them emailed the other, it would result in the world's funniest arms race.
- kooshball 15y agoThe big email provides should already have loop detection. This is no different than a vacation email or an NDR.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoOr ARMMs race: http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/ARMM.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/ARMM.html
- gkoberger 15y agoIf I ever were to get an email from anyone saying that, I guarantee I would never email them again. So incredibly annoying.
- hugh3 15y agoWell then, it may have served its purpose! Seriously though, there's maybe a dozen ultra-important people in the world for whom I could tolerate a reply like that. But anyone that important really should have their secretary sorting through their email anyway. A reply like that from someone of lower (or even equal) status would be incredibly rude.
- fastfinner 15y agoThe problem with this approach is that I would not want to auto-reply to every message, particularly not group lists or important people who expect their stuff to be read on time. I think smokesignal is a lot more subtle.