Hi Januk,
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:12:11 -0800GMT (02/02/2000, 10:12 +0800GMT),
Januk Aggarwal wrote:
>> Just what is the purpose of message priority anyway?
JA> I'm not really sure since I don't use it myself, but if you are
JA> receiving lots of mail everyday, it might be useful to check high
JA> priority messages first. Of course that means you depend on the
JA> sender to categorize it correctly, which almost always fails.
The last phrase is the key information here.
>> They all have the same chance of reaching their destination and all
>> get read.
JA> Not everyone reads every message that comes into their mailbox.
Wow. If I send a message that is not marked HiPri, there is a chance
I'll be treated by my family, friends, or business partners like a
spammer? - I don't think so.
JA> Plus the high priority flag suggests that you read the message *now*
JA> and not later. Again you might go online just to download your
JA> messages so you can read them later, but this flag might make you
JA> stop and read the message now. Again, I don't use this feature,
JA> that's what filtering is for.
I don't use this feature either. I expect my messages to be read, and
I will leave it up to the recipient to decide whether he considers my
messages high-priority enough to read them first or not. Urgent
business enquiries have the word "URGENT" in the subject. I ignore all
red HiPri flags. ;-)
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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