I got more fun spam today, and though I had sworn off spam-related Email Fails for a little while, I couldn’t resist. Because this one highlights an issue that I find really annoying in legitimate emails as well.
It’s the multi person/multi-address Email Fail.
In this particular instance, the email is from acmeorders@gmail.com. And the name associated with that email address is, let’s say Roger Smith. The Reply-to address is a FranklinRobbins@hushmail.com. So that’s two different domains, two different people’s names. So far.
Now we move to the body of the email, where the reader is instructed to ”contact me at my other email address, Ralph@yetanotherdomain.com.”
And finally, the email is signed by Hilary Somethingorother.
Four people’s names, three addresses.
One irritated email recipient.
It’s super annoying to get emails from addresses you’re not supposed to reply to. Or emails with multiple addresses. Or emails that have the address they want you to reply to in the body of the message, instead of just sending their email from that address. Or emails that have so many different people’s name associated with them.
Who’s sending the message? What address should I reply to? Make it easy for me, people, this is ridiculous!
Just for kicks I sent an email to all three email addresses. Immediately after sending, I got the bounce message that the Reply-to address was full.
Perfect.
I’ll update if I get any results from the other two email addresses. But don’t hold your breath.
Update: I got a reply from a totally different Gmail address (YummyFrank, very professional), signed by Sasha, From Luz. Addressed to somebody else, and telling me to respond to Lisa@. I love these guys.
