Techdirt Poll:

How Much Time Do You Waste With Confusing Emails?

I understand all my emails (None) / 23% / 633 votes

I just delete them (Almost no time) / 41% / 1,146 votes

I email or call for clarification (A little bit of time) / 16% / 446 votes

I can figure it out with some work (A noticeable waste of time) / 8% / 215 votes

People are morons (Way too much time) / 10% / 281 votes

I no longer use email because of it / 1% / 39 votes

2,767 total votes

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Nov 29th, 2005 @ 6:19am

If people would read my e-mail.....

by Penner

before they reply..... they might know what's going on.........
ahhh If I ruled the world...
Jan 3rd, 2006 @ 8:10pm

Never delete an email

by Bob

people wo delete emails, no matter how confusing, are short sighted and probably generate as many "confusing" emails as they delete.
Good communication is key in any organization. Some roob deleting emails they don't like doesn't help to fix the problem.
Jan 14th, 2006 @ 7:08am

Re: Never delete an email

by Harry Balzongya

What is confusing about emails? When i get them I throw them away if its not addressed to me when i get junk mail. i only open stuff that looks important like my bank bill or my eclectricty bill or something from the courthouse. I think you should just recycle the paper or set it on fire at least.
If you meant spam (cuz me friend says he gets it free in the email) i don't get sent any but i do like to eat it on a samich soetimes if i run out of deer meat. I wish they would send more spam and some cheese too. maybe they could put chease in a can.
thank ya'll. if you tell me your email ill help out and send you some if my friend tells me hwo to sign up for it
Jan 27th, 2006 @ 9:10pm

Re: Never delete an email

by Arthur Andropov

And what do you do with incoherent and ungrammatical comments?
Jan 29th, 2006 @ 4:55pm

Use spamfilters

by MsBehaviour

I use Cloudmark as a spamfilter otherwise it takes me too much time to wade through the crap in my inbox. I any get through I can report it as spam or fraud with the click of a button and it gets added to the Cloudmark database. Then I never have to hear from them ever again.
Apr 11th, 2008 @ 3:57am

Spam

by Duncan

Well, most of the time corporate has their own email system set up. And it does a decent job of keeping most of the junk outta there. However, regarding idiots who email me really confusing emails regarding a deal, requests etc, that's another story.

Now my home email is another story. No junk email. Almost EVER. Thank you gMail :)