Wil — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 10:53:27 +0000

Just look at the To: address. I manage a number of sites too but each has a different contact, webmaster@site1, webmaster@site2. Although they all get directed to the same inbox, I know where they were originally sent to.

Suzanne — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 00:34:02 +0000

I used to get really irked by people who wrote:

Hi, Suzanne!

And then spammed me. But now I'm amused when people write:

Hi, WebsiteURL!

hahahahahaha...

Yes, a lot of people do this in phone calling as well. It's like they didn't learn the basics! Introduce yourself!

Mark Hensler — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 23:24:37 +0000

Another thing that bothers me is when people I don't know send me an email without a salutation (put your name at the bottom). Then I don't know who to address my reply to.

Suzanne — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:55:07 +0000

With contact forms I don't get a copy of what I've sent. That is annoying to me, as I like to be able to keep track of that sort of thing so I can follow up with non-replies.

But yes, even with my limited sites, I get people sending email that doesn't make sense. I have a different email address for each site, and those email addresses pre-sort in my mail application. That was my solution, though I have a *lot* of accounts.

Abhishek Reddy — Thu, 08 Apr 2004 03:27:49 +0000

Contact forms are all good, but some people prefer to use their regular email client. I've drifted into the habit of avoiding contact forms where possible... simply because I prefer to use a non-foreign system that I'm used to. I take care to mention as much detail as I can when I email webmasters. But I still provide contact forms on sites.

I don't usually get any emails regarding any of the sites that I run (or help run), as they aren't really community sites. So for me, it's easy to deduce what site emails relate to even if the sender doesn't say.

Busy — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 23:41:25 +0000

thats why you should use a contact form with set subject line so you know where its from and whats its for. If it hasn't got your subject then it's spam.