<p>Truth is, I never intended to follow-up. It was my DS email and he was looking for advice.</p>
<p>ps Good advice Emerald - different folks have different expectations and pet peeves.</p>
<p>different folks have different expectations and pet peeves.</p>
<p>when my daughter was looking at private middle/high schools, one school wanted her Soc # on her application- I told them that they were the only school that asked for it- that I wasn't comfortable handing it out to everyone, and IF, she was accepted AND decided to attend if they still really needed it- at that time I would give it to them.
However- they were stinky about it & while they did accept her- we decided that it wasn't a school that we wanted to deal with as it was probably indicative of other things.</p>
<p>I also wonder- since email for some might seem ubiquitous, others may just know enough about it to realize they should communicate that way- but really have trouble with it.
My H at his large company, is peeved that all communication is now done through email or online w passwords. He doesn't have a dedicated computer, and really doesn't understand where info is stored etc. He can sometimes open emails, but he doesn't know how to send them.
( but I suspect he doesn't trust anything he can't use a hammer or wrench on)</p>
<p>And don't get me started on the school district- I think they have classes every year to teach teachers how to use their emails, but some teachers do & some don't.</p>
<p>Yea, what's up with high school teachers and email? That's a common thread.</p>
<p>With regard to e-mails & possible technological glitches--I had been receiving numerous e-mails that were bounced (unbenownst to me), even tho I had previously had absolutely NO PROBLEM getting e-mails from that organization regularly for years prior to the problem arising. I was very concerned because I had been used to prompt responses from that institution & the folks I had gotten to know well there. I finally got a long distance phone call from a secretary at the institution, telling me that they were frantic trying to reach me because all their e-mails to me kept getting bounced for over a month.</p>
<p>I gave them a new e-mail address & the problem has mostly resolved. I think the problem was my internet provider was adjusting spam &/or other filters & other things on the network & the institutions computers were doing something as well (they had had several major crashes). Between the computers, the humans were out of the loop & I couldn't understand why I was hearing nothing for so long. I was very glad when the mystery was resolved but prior to this hadn't thought about the black cyber holes that sometimes develop in the internet. </p>
<p>I was very grateful that the secretary was able to reach me & get other methods of contact so I could stay in touch with the folks at the institution.</p>
<p>Some email may also be seen as Junk...sometimes my server or whatever will place a perfectly legitimate email that I have gotten before into my junk mail</p>
<p>so I always check that file</p>
<p>Mine too, citygirlsmom.</p>
<p>My ISP mail program didn't even let me know what e-mails it was bouncing, so I never knew it was bouncing any! Sometimes we think e-mail is a lot more reliable than it actually is!</p>
<p>That is so true</p>
<p>My mom was having problems with her computer, and she asked the tech guy why would this happen only sometimes, and he said</p>
<p>who knows? sometimes its the way the wind blows that day</p>
<p>It like a car, its should always work, but sometimes....</p>