At 14:50 8/10/2006 Thursday, Winship wrote:
>Well, they *are* going to reply, and they *will* be upset that you didn't
>read their replies (you said you don't want to read any replies) and
>respond.  Doesn't matter what you say in the "noreply" email, they *will*
>do it and *will* be upset at their replies being ignored.  They would much
>prefer sending an email reply over physically going to your office or
>hanging around for lord knows how long trying to wade through your
>automated phone system (if you have one), or being "on hold" for ten or
>fifteen minutes.
>
>I think that you should accept email replies.

Obviously the email should be quite explicit about who the recipients are e.g., "ALL fullt-time students," and about how to follow-up if there are questions.  It may be that e-mail is not the preferrred way for the inquiree, or perhaps email (and it's security/privacy concerns) isn't either.

/Pete