Efficient Email Usage: Solutions to Annoying Time Wasters

[mathwonk]

I try to be a good citizen and answer personal emails that come my way. So today I had two. I typed a quick answer to the first one and went on to the second one and tried to send it only to be told i had to wait a minute or so before answering that one. That is annoying and a waste of my time and a deterrent to me being a good citizen. Sorry to complain, but that wastes my time. Is there an easy solution? Why should we be penalized for answering internal emails quickly? thanks.

To be fair, a minute of my time is not much waste, it is rather the mental energy that is wasted that feels so frustrating.

 

[berkeman]

Do you mean e-mails or PMs?

 

[mathwonk]

private messages. thanks.

 

[DaveC426913]

+1.

Not a big deal, but I do feel no time limits would be one of the perks of being a paying member.

I can easily report several threads in less than a minute. Waiting 45 more seconds is a pain.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Sixty seconds prevents spam via PM.

 

[mathwonk]

isn't that sort of a crude way to prevent spam, limiting the response time of longtime members?

 

[Ryan_m_b]

isn't that sort of a crude way to prevent spam, limiting the response time of longtime members?

Sometimes we have to go crude to beat the spam, the recent change to a 10 post minimum for posting links reflects this (the level of "Episode X Series Y" spam exploded). Personally I've never encountered this problem and doing a quick test I can't see it either. Is the problem that you cannot send more than one PM per minute?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

isn't that sort of a crude way to prevent spam, limiting the response time of longtime members?

Yes, sorry to frustrate you. The system just isn't flexible enough to make exceptions for trusted users.

 

[mathwonk]

Thanks for the education. I can live with it.