Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board
| Impersonal e-mails |
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| Mona |
| 11/08/00 at 15:50:23 |
| assalamu alaikum, Kinda need an outlet to vent now. I just think it is ill manners that people send mass/batch e-mails to convey to others their personal news, like marriage, birth announcements, etc. I've received such e-mails on numerous occasions and I can't help but feel how improper this is. Makes you feel like a member of a flock. I was once even invited to an engagement party by means of a virtual card, and I lived 5 minutes away from the hosts of the party!! I think if anyone finds a phone call or a hand-written letter (gasp!) too much of a burden on his/her time and/or finances, s/he might attempt to use e-mail as an alternative given that a personal touch is -for lack of a better word- 'implanted'. So instead of saying 'Assalamu alaikum' at the beginning, you would say 'Asslamu alaikum so-and-so'. These little things make a huge difference on how these news/invitations are received. Mass e-mails are very useful yet impersonal tools that are more appropriate for *distributing* news of public events/lectures/dinners and stuff; i.e. sort of virtual flyers . Rarely should they ever be used in bulk as means to communicate personal news. Have you ever received news from friends in such a bulk manner? Would you have perceived them differently if they were delivered in a more personal e-mail or through a phone call? Wassalam |
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| jannah |
| 11/08/00 at 20:26:56 |
| salam, it's kind of difficult for ppl to send engagement info to all their friends one by one.. and that's something that should be made public quickly and then you always have the.. why did you tell her first and not me etc... so a mass email very early on takes care of rumors and comments like that |
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| saifullah |
| 11/09/00 at 09:30:09 |
| Forget about emails At ALL... Just post it on the Madina Message Board.... wa salaamu alaikum |
| Re: Impersonal e-mails |
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| Malika |
| 11/09/00 at 16:05:50 |
| Assalaam Alaikum In this high tech time emails get to everyone very quickly.. But who is to say that the person sending the email didn't have a warm feeling for all the people they forwarded it to. It wasn't impersonal per say because if there were formal invites done there would still be the same words. at a higher cost because of postage, envelopes etc. it can't be all bad. there are alot of positive points to sending emails versus snail mail. |
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