# If I didn't respond to your email, it's probably your own damned fault!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [February 3, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311 "2004-02-03T12:10:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/1 "2004-02-03T12:10:44Z")
I get quite a few emails from posters. That’s OK, it’s part of being an administrator. I answer a fair number of them. Some of them, however, I never even read. You might ask “WHY, oh WHY won’t you read my email? I have an urgent problem that only an administrator can solve!” If you have a problem, and you wrote to me, and I didn’t write back, it could be because:
[ul]You didn’t put SDMB in the subject field of your letter. Likely I tossed it into the old bit bucket, unopened. I get enough spam with vague titles that I don’t open up stuff from strangers any longer, unless the subject is clearly something that I want.
You didn’t tell me your screen name. What, I’m supposed to guess? If you can’t be bothered to tell me, I can’t be bothered to help you. Even if I’ve corresponded with you before, that doesn’t mean that I’ll remember you, unless you were particularly nasty. And if you WERE, I’d suggest not drawing any more attention to yourself.
You wanted me to do something to your user status, but didn’t mail me from your SDMB address. When I go into a member’s registration, the first thing I check is to see if the address is the same. It’s a security precaution. I’ll make exceptions, but you’d better have a damn good reason for me to do so.
You were abusive to me. I will accept criticism, and sometimes I’ll even act upon it. But I am not required or inclined to accept abuse.[/ul] I just had a hunch that a couple of letters in my inbox today were actually from SDMB members this morning, and not actually spam. So I opened the letters, and found that yes, indeed, they were letters from members. Nine times out of ten, though, my hunch is wrong, and I find myself with yet another piece of spam to dispose of.
I don’t know the email policies of other mods/admins, but you WILL get a quicker response from any of us if you’ll put SDMB in the subject field. And write to more than one moderator or administrator, it’s quite possible that one or more of us are taking a break or are unable to get online or are sick.
And while we’re on the subject of email, keep a valid email address. If _I_ have to write to _you_ for some reason (I might want to give you a private warning by email, rather than embarrass you in front of the whole board), and the email bounces as not a valid address, I’m quite likely to suspend or ban you until I hear from you. The Straight Dope Message Board does not sell, rent, or otherwise make available the addresses of its registered users.
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### Author:  [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/2 "2004-02-03T12:28:01Z")
Fair enough, but did you have to be so snarky about it?
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/3 "2004-02-03T12:38:14Z")
She’s allowed to be snarky; she’s the boss.
Just as long as she didn’t wish death on anyone…
😉
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### Author:  [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/4 "2004-02-03T13:10:36Z")
All these years and I don’t recall you starting any other pit threads. Is this a first? I know there have surely been many times you would have been tempted.
If you are going to be starting more pit threads, you need to work on your outrage a bit. No cursing, name calling or goat felching? Try a little harder please.
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### Author:  [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/5 "2004-02-03T13:31:17Z")
I emailed you recently to request a change in my user name, and you answered me right away. I must have followed all the rules!
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### Author:  [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/6 "2004-02-03T13:35:32Z")
Hey! You staff ain’t allowed to pit us members anymore!
That’s it, I’m complaining to Lynn. She’ll sort this out and give you a damn good telling off.
Oh.
Shit.
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### Author:  [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/7 "2004-02-03T13:43:32Z")
> [@Kal](#):
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> That’s it, I’m complaining to Lynn. She’ll sort this out and give you a damn good telling off.
I’m sending her an email ensubjected ‘Hey, you!’ That should sort it out 😃
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### Author:  [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/8 "2004-02-03T14:11:49Z")
If you **really** want her to respond, make sure you put the following in your subject line:
“Someone has sent YOU some virtual chocolate!”
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### Author:  [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/9 "2004-02-03T14:41:06Z")
Odd. I sent an email with the subject line “Ge ta b igger manh ood today!! a;sldkf2sjf” and never got a response. . .
hmmm…
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### Author:  [@agiantdwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agiantdwarf)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/10 "2004-02-03T14:48:02Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#):
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> Odd. I sent an email with the subject line “Ge ta b igger manh ood today!! a;sldkf2sjf” and never got a response. . .
>
> hmmm…
Neither did my “Hot teens just for you! awtudq” 😕
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/11 "2004-02-03T15:45:20Z")
> [@cards](#):
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> All these years and I don’t recall you starting any other pit threads. Is this a first? I know there have surely been many times you would have been tempted.
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> If you are going to be starting more pit threads, you need to work on your outrage a bit. No cursing, name calling or goat felching? Try a little harder please.
Contrary to popular belief, cursing is NOT required in a Pit starting post. And I should know. I may have started another Pit thread or two, but I’m not in the habit of it.
And what happened to my bullets? They were there on preview! Now there’s just one lonely bullet!
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### Author:  [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/12 "2004-02-03T15:54:17Z")
> [@agiantdwarf](#):
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> Neither did my “Hot teens just for you! awtudq” 😕
That reminds me… what if the subject was “Hot teens just for you! SDMB”? Would she open it THEN, I wonder …
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/13 "2004-02-03T15:58:26Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#):
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> And what happened to my bullets? They were there on preview! Now there’s just one lonely bullet!
Time to reload!
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### Author:  [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/14 "2004-02-03T16:00:33Z")
> [@dantheman](#):
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> That reminds me… what if the subject was “Hot teens just for you! SDMB”? Would she open it THEN, I wonder …
Or “Hot Nude SDMB Teens Drenched In Chocoloate a;lgfl234lf!”
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### Author:  [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/15 "2004-02-03T16:05:41Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#):
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> And what happened to my bullets? They were there on preview! Now there’s just one lonely bullet!
Maybe you should send an email to someone who can edit your post. Make sure to put “SDMB” in the subject line. 🆒
[/helpful]
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/16 "2004-02-03T16:10:13Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#):
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> And what happened to my bullets? They were there on preview! Now there’s just one lonely bullet!
They, um… bit the, er… bullet?
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### Author:  [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/17 "2004-02-03T16:11:31Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> Or “Hot Nude SDMB Teens Drenched In Chocoloate a;lgfl234lf!”
LOL.
Any of us who wanted to be banned for being a jerk could send one of each and see which get through 😃
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### Author:  [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/18 "2004-02-03T16:12:28Z")
So…when I forwarded that glurge about Bush and God, that’s why you didn’t reply? I suppose you also didn’t forward it to 100 more people to see what happened afterwards, did you?
Just kidding. Please don’t hurt me.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/19 "2004-02-03T16:28:42Z")
Those aren’t bullets, they’re suppositories that are bullet-shaped.
The correct English should have been _“And what happened to my suppositories? They were here just a minite ago. Does anybody know where my suppositories could have gone?”_
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### Author:  [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-didnt-respond-to-your-email-its-probably-your-own-damned-fault/227311/20 "2004-02-03T18:03:35Z")
> [@lieu](#):
>
> Those aren’t bullets, they’re suppositories that are bullet-shaped.
>
> The correct English should have been _“And what happened to my suppositories? They were here just a minite ago. Does anybody know where my suppositories could have gone?”_
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Where have all the suppositories gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the suppositories gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the suppositories gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?\*
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