Hello ::Andrew::,
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:16:14 +0100 GMT (02/09/2001, 09:16 +0800 GMT),
::Andrew:: wrote:
MR>> No matter how much I like email (a lot!), when it comes to wishing
MR>> someone a "happy birthday" or other such personal greeting, I still
MR>> prefer sending - and receiving - a hand written note via snail mail.
MR>> Even a phone call is nice. Not *everything* must be automatic - just
MR>> because it *can* be. Some things, in my opinion, still mean more when
MR>> done manually.
I will also be happy about a manually written birthday email, but
please do not send me automated ones.
A> I take your point here but consider, we all have a lot of contacts
A> suppliers, friends, family, etc etc some of these groups
A> friends/family we'd like to send personal mails to (i hope) but some
A> like suppliers we'd like them to know we're thinking of them (get
A> those brownie points) but may not always be able to remember/have the
A> time to write hole emails.
If my friends' or suppliers' computers send me standard-form emails
for birthday, I will consider this spam and not give them any brownie
points. To the contrary. If you don't remember or "don't have the
time" to send me congrats or give me a call, then don't; we're all
only human, and I forget birthdays too. It is still better than an
automated greeting from a computer.
A> In this latter, being able to template a reply and 'top and tail'
A> with a personal note would be good.
Templates do not have personal notes; the best they can do are
pseudo-personal. I don't even want to imagine what a heart-felt
congratulation from a computer would feel like on the receiver's side.
<shudder>
A> I'm pretty sure also that if implemented correctly this feature could
A> be very useful in other scenario's than birthdays. In which case
A> templating might be more useful.
You mean automated sending of emails, or writing an email now which
needs to be sent at a later date? This could be very useful, as long
as it is not used for personal matters such as birthdays, Valentines
Day, wedding aniversaries, Christmas etc.
This is my opinion, and why I think the birthday function in TB is a
waste. Others have other opinions. I agree with Melissa that birthday
greetings need to be personal.
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