Thu 24 Jul 2008
Does anyone really use the “high priority” flag on email other than spammers and jerks?
Posted by 1f2frfbf5 answers so far!
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Yes, I do, at work. Maybe that means I am a jerk. What I’m usually trying to suggest when I use it is “don’t skip reading this email, you’re going to want to see this right away”, or occasionally, “I need this right now!”. It’s fairly rare, though.
Yep, at work. But only if I already have a relationship with the recipients that provides context, i.e. they have something to go on as to what I would mean by !!!
Yep, at work. If we’re about to have an unplanned network outage in 15 minutes or something I’ll up size the importance of the notification in any way I can.
I’m willing to allow the flag if it’s actually life or death important, but if that’s the case wouldn’t you be calling me instead? One person I work flags all his emails as “IMPORTANT” and they never are. His crying wolf has ruined it for everyone.
Sorry, you all haven’t convinced me, the “if (priority_flag=yes); then (move_to_folder=spam)” script stays in place.
Your loss! (Hey Josh, can you check and see if 1f2frfbf’s IP shows that they’re one of my co-workers? Maybe this question was a subtle hint!)