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GoddessDustyGold -> RE: Small mystery solved (2/22/2006 11:43:37 AM)
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ORIGINAL: PenelopePitstop
Well, I support realone's point so I can be in trouble now too... Pin-up? hoo hah, I wish. Or maybe more of a nail up. I can see the con argument - some people might be inclined to feel discriminated against, but I don't see how hidden discrimination is better than public discrimination, and it's not like the reaction to absence of email responses is any better, really.
Sorry though, I didn't see the thread earlier.
Please know that I was not referring you, or any reader, to that thread to stir the pot or to note that this has been hashed out. Your post is based on an entirely different premise. You didn't even realize there was a bulk mail folder. And it might be that someone who is lurking just to read will learn something new.
Truth be told, I did understand RealOne's argument, and did not totally disagree with it, other than the fact that, realistically, having various mail controls made public would do very little, IMO, to cut down on the mail from people who would not fit a particular profile's preferences.
Since he felt I was the exception in using these filters to manage My email (i.e. not just ignore it as garbage), I would also say that he might be the exception in stating he would, in fact, look at those public filters and honor those preferences. Unfortunately, most would not.
My main rebuttal to that particular argument (and yes, I did rebut! *S*) was that I never know if someone might be the greatest submissive or slave boy for Me. So I prefer to not make public any specific parameters, other than obvious ones I would also cover in My profile, such as out of the country. There are a heck of a lot of boxes not available to be checked that I also included in My previous profile. But, for example, if I said I was only interested in boys between the ages of 35 and 50, and someone is 52, and didn't write to Me, because I checked off a preference box, I might miss the greatest love of My life, or, at least, a wonderful friendship. I am one who is not going to discount a nicely written email just because they don't fit into some cement box I created. I am more flexible than that. Some are not. They have made a different determination, as is their right, regarding what is worth their personal time.
I am curious (and perhaps a Mod can jump in here??) to know, if one doesn't even know there are mail preferences, why anything would get into bulk mail in the first place. Don't we need to set those in order to direct certain mail to a bulk mailbox? I thought that if preferences are never set, all mail would go straight to the regular "Received Mail" box. Why did Penelope have bulk mail if she never set any filters?
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