Hello? (was Re: Adding Envelope Headers?)

[Julian Field]

At 21:55 20/02/2004, you wrote:
>Julian Field wrote:
> >
> > At 18:25 20/02/2004, you wrote:
> > >Julian Field wrote:
> > > >
> > > > At 10:05 20/02/2004, you wrote:
> > > > >(I get the feeling you didn't read the original message I wrote in
> this
> > > > >thread)
> > > >
> > > > Quite right. You don't have to deal with the volume of mail I do.
> > > >
> > > > And there's then the minor of doing my day job as well. If you want
> to see
> > > > all the stuff I am responsible for at work, look here:
> > > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~jkf/myjob.html
> > > > I have to squeeze MailScanner into the odd minutes here and there
> when I
> > > > don't have more pressing things to do.
> > > > We are a department of 1800 people and 1000 computers, in which
> everything
> > > > computer-related (and all purchasing) is run by a team of 9 of us.
> We all
> > > > have very busy lives.
> > >
> > >Actually, looking over that URL, I think I do have a similar amount of
> > >email.  I'm the primary email administrator for a university with
> > >25000-ish active accounts in my email domain ... and I'm part of the
> > >central campus IT group, where I have all of the regular duties in
> > >addition to email (but I'm the only one primarily tasked with email, and
> > >we're all over-tasked, so most of hte others in my small group don't
> > >have enough in depth knowledge of our email set-up to do more than the
> > >most basic issues with our email service anyway).  Thankfully, the
> > >helpdesk IS a different group than mine.
> > >
> > >I have a similar issue with not always seeing messages, but when I get
> > >into a thread I try to make sure I read all of the rest of the messages
> > >in that thread (for mailing lists, I tend to delete everything as I read
> > >it, and only leave in the messages for a thread I'm participating in, so
> > >that I can easily find new messages in that same thread).  I confess,
> > >there have been times where I have wiped out my entire "MailScanner" or
> > >"SpamAssassin" folder without reading the pending messages (or the
> > >folder for OpenAFS ... and especially the one for qpopper back when I
> > >was on that list).  Since I put out my CommuniGatePro<->MailScanner
> > >scripts, I try to at least skim the subjects for this list before I do
> > >that, though.
> >
> > Yes, you're right, I'm a lazy arsed layabout who can't be bothered to read
> > every single one of 1000 messages each day. Remind me to beat myself up
> > over it. Oh yes, and what do I get for doing all this? Oh yes, I remember,
> > absolutely nothing. Must try to forget that so I have more time to read
> > every one of your mails.
> >
> > Get off my case.
>
>
>
>To repeat what I sent in reply to the other (private) message you sent
>along the same lines, I wasn't trying to beat you up in that message.  I
>wasn't saying what you should do, I was just explaining what my
>expectation had been (and why my expectation was that way), which
>clearly wasn't an accurate expectation.  And to an extent I was trying
>to comiserate and show an understanding of the amount of email you must
>be receiving as well as understanding the job load.
>
>I'm sorry if I'm not communicating well.  I'll leave you alone now.

Thankyou. Let's consider this "water under the bridge".
--
Julian Field
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