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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If you ever find a way around this let me know, it's maddening. Especially overseas contacts where I have to wait a day in-between responses, sometimes it takes a week or more to get what I need.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

working really hard on shaking people by the shoulders through the internet

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago

Write a series of single query per e-mail.

Set then up on delayed delivery every hour through their workday.

It only takes once or twice until people read your entire e-mails.