Comments on: What Emails Are You Getting?

By: The Ridger

The Ridger — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:33:20 +0000

The twenty there at the moment are stuff I haven’t deleted yet. We’re going back to August… It doesn’t really tell me about what I get, only what I keep.
8 various account info mailings
7 class-related texts or notes
1 song lyric
1 Wayne Besen column
1 ACTFL professional survey (need to do that)
1 query about something I’m writing
1 political video

It doesn’t really reflect what I get – which would normally have a lot of headlines, campaign mailings, notes to myself sent from work, and family banter.

By: Derek H.

Derek H. — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:26:05 +0000

I would estimate that at least half are from Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden or other people from the Obama campaign. And then, throw in a bunch from Al Franken and my inbox is full.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:40:06 +0000

1 from my dad
2 from the Obama campaign
1 from a campus environmental group
2 receipts for a bus from Boston to NYC to Buffalo
4 from Facebook
2 from a campus fiction mag I work on
1 sad little postseason update from Cubs.com
1 from Ticketweb
2 from a campus sketch comedy TV show I work on
2 from someone in my film department about a festival field trip
1 from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
1 from my live comedy troupe.

I lead a crazy ass life. College.

By: belongsomewhere

belongsomewhere — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:25:10 +0000

7 regarding the election (4 from theObama campaign, one of each from Move On, Hillary Clinton, and Rock the Vote)
7 from my college’s SDS organization
1 from eBay
1 Lolcats daily mailing
1 from Fancast.com
1 from Who What Wear Daily
1 from Urban Outfitters
1 from Live Nation

This is pretty much what I expected, unfortunately…

I learned that I am on far too many mailing lists and that political involvement rules my life these days, which I guess is more of a good think than a bad thing, anyway. Also, this makes me remember that I should really not shop at Urban Outfitters, because the owner donates a lot of his money to high-powered republicans…

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:14:46 +0000

19 Alerts from fanfiction.net
1 from my mom.

I apparently need to get a life.

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By: bubbaj

bubbaj — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:54:40 +0000

It’s high time you made this site your bitch hemant. Put the “smackdown” on it and show it whose boss!!!

By: sc0tt

sc0tt — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:08:20 +0000

I have seven e-mail accounts and use them for different purposes so below is an amalgamation sort of sorted by volume:

Some from Obama and Democratic party
Some from readers of my blog
Some from friends and family
Some from Kay Hagan (thanks Hemant)
Bank and credit card notices
Opportunities for penis enlargement et sim.

What did I learn?
I think I have my spam filters set about right.

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My Last 20 Emails - The Atheist Blogger — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:00:47 +0000

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By: Shelley Mountjoy

Shelley Mountjoy — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:44:49 +0000

2 – spam from real-estate agents
17 – Beltway Atheists related coorespondence
1 – Friend… asking about a group going to Religulous tonight

What did I expect?
I keep marking those two real-estate agents’ mail as spam so hopefully one day they will actually end up in the spam folder as opposed to my inbox.

What did I learn?
Beltway Atheists owns me. I should probably spend more time on my campus group.

Interesting exercise, Hemant… and ditto on the thanks for your work here and with the SSA.