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