tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post5557378564089793264..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: Did you read my email?Jeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-67773215460202761522013-08-05T09:12:00.070-04:002013-08-05T09:12:00.070-04:00I am guessing that his response rate is low becaus...<br />I am guessing that his response rate is low because his colleagues look at his "information" and "relevant news" as spam.<br />They do not want to offend him by telling him, "hey dude, quit sending me this crap", and are hoping if they never acknowledge getting his eMails that he will quit sending them thinking they are not getting them.Carl Whitehttp://asktheticketguy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-3515596534006245932013-08-05T08:30:18.121-04:002013-08-05T08:30:18.121-04:00An E-mail is a message. Not a note from the Gesta...An E-mail is a message. Not a note from the Gestapo. What are these people thinking????<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-19442590606418512502013-08-04T17:20:43.169-04:002013-08-04T17:20:43.169-04:00Jeffrey,
This is far more a question of etiquette...Jeffrey,<br /><br />This is far more a question of etiquette than ethics. The answer turns more on the relationship between the sender and recipient. Barring an employment or family relationship which might create a duty to respond to the email (or atleast mark it as read) then the recipient has NO duty to respond to the annoying popup. If a coworker made such a comment to me, I can assure you that he would see NO response from me again.<br /><br />William Jacobson<br />Anaheim, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-34950731050830725272013-08-04T10:43:26.747-04:002013-08-04T10:43:26.747-04:00I'm not sure that this is necessarily a simple...I'm not sure that this is necessarily a simple case of ethics -- technology plays a role in this as well. Depending on the type of software or even the server that one is using to open an e-mail, it is possible that the e-mail reader is not even presented with the read receipt option. For example, my network settings at my office prevent me from responding to read receipts---meaning that I never get a pop up box, etc. The settings for this option are completely turned off and it is not something I even have control over. It is viewed by the IT department as a way for the organization to cut down on spam. drostbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503557423682718605noreply@blogger.com