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Handling Email Overload in Congress

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the email-routed-to-/dev/congress dept.

DedHerring writes "A piece from Roll Call, a newspaper on the hill, that describes how Congressional offices are working to identify which of the many bulk emails received are actually from constituents of their district. Worth a read to know if the click-through online petition you participate in is ever going to be considered by the recipient legislator. Confirms many posts in Slashdot on this topic."

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  1. Wonder by djupedal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...how much of the overload is product placement?

  2. one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    ... is to write a real pen and ink letter. Some poeple sya they aent mroe effective but i they are. I know many people have received resonses from real letters as opposed to email. Also phone calls work good.

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    1. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      wow offtopic this fast? how is this offtopic? i think its very important peopel dont forget t0o write real letter along with emails...

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    2. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      sorry i typed it out ot fast... but you should come up with a REAL criticism... i mean attack me for my argument not the way in which i present it...

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    3. Re:one way to be heard... by Anenga · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Another way to be heard is to spell correctly.

    4. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      haha you should know that on slashdot misspelling is GOOD form... well i know i know i typed it too fast but btw if oyu ever DO write a letter to someone important you better get every little detail right or they wont waste their time...

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    5. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      -1 bad spelling
      shut up your the 10th person to say it now find something original to criticize if you dont like my argument

      -1 for being an asshole
      i dont even know how you came up with this buut kudos onthe original diss

      -1 for Karma Whoring
      but i already post at +2... i hit the cap a while ago i dont care about my karma...

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    6. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      but im not writing to a senator now am i?... as i said its pretty asinine to get worked up about spelling on slashdot... save your energy for where it counts... i really dont care if you read my post or not... abvoiusly you did and you understood what i had to say so i am satisfied...

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    7. Re:one way to be heard... by beanyk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      And remember, your letter won't affect change if it isn't read. Period. Run it through a spell checker (and actually correct things) first.


      In this case, I think you mean "effect change". Spellcheckers don't catch everything.
    8. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      i dont care how mixed you think my messages are... the reason slashdot is so great is because its one place where you can misspell words and still rant all you want...

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    9. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      what typoes in my sig?

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    10. Re:one way to be heard... by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      well i should have expected both of those... i have seem MANY offtopic posts about my sig and even some hate mail... well let me explain... as you said the space is an anti-page-widening filter...

      the other part is not really correct either... not all versions of unix use "umount" as the syntax to unmount a volume... some use "umount" and some use "unmount" they actually do exist... but regardless of whether its an actual command doens't matter... my sig is a collection of unix terms that dont have to be commands... i would change it to be all commands but i think its funny sometimes the flames i get such as "why dont you use slackware and then maybe youll actually learn some REAL commands"...

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    11. Re:one way to be heard... by jimhill · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      "remember, your letter won't affect change if it isn't read."

      Nor will it effect change.

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  3. Re:well, then by jlrowe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Flamebait? I was serious! I'd like their solution if they find one. And it is one we will have paid for, so we 'own' it.

  4. Real Problem by Orgasmatron · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Part of the problem, as I see it, is that so many people think that government is something that other people do, based on the whims of some other people.

    At best that is an ineffecient system begging to have it's middlemen cut out, at worst it is an abdication of the responsibilites of free people.

    If you are a Citizen of these United States, step up! Show up for jury duty and take it seriously! Vote your convictions! Remind your representatives (all of them) what their job really is!

    (By the way, their job is almost certainly to uphold the Republic and act responsibly, even if popular [or merely vocal] opinion disagrees)

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