Email - notifications

@Mare73 (1335)
United States
June 4, 2008 12:55pm CST
When you receive an email and you open it, read it; do you reply to it immediately or do you go back to whatever you were doing before THEN respond? I tend to respond immediately...why sit around doing something else and have your box filling up. I get rid of 'em quick. I also, get annoyed when I know someone has read my email (read receipt) and it takes them hours; sometimes days, to respond!!!)
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7 responses
4 Jun 08
I don't always read the email straight away. It depends on who it is from, the subject line, what I am doing etc. And when I read the email, I don't always email back straight away. Depends on the content, or if I have someone else email me with something more important.
@Emiese (994)
• Sweden
4 Jun 08
I think it depends at what I am doing. At work I get emails all through the day. If I am busy doing something or in the middle of assessing something then I will not open and read the email at all. If I am not that busy and I open the email, then the chain of thoughts or actions that I was doing before have already been interupted by looking at the email, so if the email contains something that I can reply to straight away I might as well take an extra couple of minutes and do so. Most of the time however the emails means I have to go find some information etc and then I will leave it until I finished what I am doing! I do not like those emails because they mean I get even more work to do, and I am already swamped all the time..
• United States
4 Jun 08
I usually try to answer e-mails back right away when it's something that I can actually respond back to. But, if I am almost out the door and don't have time to respond, I will do it when I get back from wherever I am off to. I've found that those who take forever to answer your e-mails also take forever to return phone calls. I get really annoyed when someone doesn't return my calls or my e-mails that require a response.
@Liasonfan (1702)
• Canada
10 Jun 08
I usually read it, and then go back to what I was doing. I then answer all the email notifications at one time, once or twice a day. Besides, I like to think a little about each subject before I respond. Thanks for asking, Mare!
@agihcam (1914)
• Philippines
5 Jun 08
I do visiting mylot emails when I am ready to go lotting,meaning after reading,responding or resolving all the issues I have aside from mylot emails then I go one by one of the emails notifications from mylot and respond to them accordingly.Some comments that is interesting,friends new discussions,if there is/are discussions I like then I do respond immediately.
@Timothy31 (649)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Oh it just depends on what i'm doing at the time, what the email is about if i think it needs a immediate response. If its just a comment from here or say myspace or livejournal i might not answer right away but if its an email from a friend about something i will likely answer it immediately if i am at the computer.
@amitavroy (4819)
• India
4 Jun 08
well it depends you know. i generally get two types of mail in my outlook. one is the casual one from frnds and tohers. and the others are from the client and it is essential to reply to them as soon as possible