TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:RE: offline courtesy among list members From:KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:33:36 -0500
I've got my mail filters set to pour my list mail
directly into folders, so it doesn't linger in my
Inbox.
I don't always get to the list folders (and their
hundreds of messages) on a timely basis, which means
that entire swaths of messages may never be read.
The problem with this is that private replies to me
can sometimes get sucked out of the Inbox without
me ever seeing them -- depending upon what the sender
has deleted or retained in the message body (that would
trigger the "move" function of the filter).
So, I hope I haven't stiffed too many people who sent
me helpful info and never got a reply from that ingrate,
Kevin.
Regards,
That Ingrate Kevin
SIANNON -at- VISUS -dot- JNJ -dot- com [mailto:SIANNON -at- VISUS -dot- JNJ -dot- com] sez:
> This is actually a very good question/issue to bring up.
>
> I'll admit I'm running about 50/50 with my responses on brief
> messages,
[snip]
> ...and then there are those messages I intend to reply to
> with more than a
> one-word "thanks", but then never get a chance to follow up
> on because of
> time constraints under the latest wave of deadlines, but
> that's just poor
> time management on my part.... :\
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Be a published author! iUniverse gives you: a high-quality paperback, a
custom cover design, and distribution to 25,000 retailers. And it's
affordable. Join our almost 10,000 published authors today. http://www.iuniverse.com/media/techwr
Your monthly sponsorship message here reaches more than
5000 technical writers, providing 2,500,000+ monthly impressions.
Contact Eric (ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com) for details and availability.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
