Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 7/16/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Being paid is a requirement for _expecting_ professional behavior. You >> may >> be pleasantly surprised to receive it from someone volunteering their >> time >> to work on a project, but it's arrogant and rude to *expect* service. > > Sorry, but no. There's nothing arrogant nor rude about expecting > someone to reply to your email. If this guy doesn't want to reply to > people, he shouldn't have his email plastered all over the website, or > at the very least he should include a disclaimer that he doesn't have > time to reply to everyone. > > Its disapointing that anyone thinks its acceptable behavior to ignore > emails. > You must not get very many e-mails. While it may be unacceptable to ignore e-mail from someone you know, ignoring e-mail from a stranger is another story. This is especially true when you get over a 100 e-mails a day. You do not have time to answer them all, so you answer the ones from people you know first, and then you answer the ones that interest you from the rest. If you tried to answer every e-mail, you would not have time to do anything else. Unless you are paying for there time, you have no right to expect people to give you some of it. You may ask for it, but they are under no obligation to give it to you. This is especially true when you send a message to their e-mail address instead of asking on a mailing list. But even on a mailing list, you should not expect a specific person to respond. Another thing to keep in mind is that a lot of people run mail filters. If the message is not from someone they know, and is not from a mailing list they are subscribed to, the message may sit for a long time before it even gets looked at. This is especially true e-mail addresses for addressed posted on web sites, or used on mailing lists. After all, most of the messages that don't match any of the filtering rules are going to be SPAM anyway. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
