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Trekkin and Birdin 10 years, 7 months ago.
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Whether the email address you use for geocaching is your regular email address or if it is one that you use exclusively for geocaching, how often do you check out emails sent to you that are related to geocaching?
The reason I ask is that there have been many times that I have contacted cachers through the GC website, and frequently there is no response. Sometimes it relates to caches they may own, offering our assistance with checking or maintenance, or to make newer or marginal cachers aware that one of their caches is in danger of being archived for lack of response (I tell them all they have to do is log a note for that cache). Then there are the usual questions we may have about caches that we might want to look for on our travels. I wonder if some COs don’t even read the logs on their hides that get sent to them automatically… so how do they know if their caches have any issues?
So…. How about you? Or someone you know of?
I check my emails pretty regularly, though I am guilty of forgetting to reply to said emails on occasion.
No one is ever obligated to reply, but only once have I ever seen any action taken on something I wrote to someone. When I don’t see any action or get a reply, I always wonder if they never checked their email or if it slipped their mind or if they just ignored it. Sounds like some of the newer cachers don’t even have a registered email for anyone to contact them.
I am way too often checking my emails and put down almost all else to respond. New member issues, groups contacting the WGA, other BOD and my own cache questions.
I leave my email in the Inbox until they are answered as a way of prodding me to take action. I do not like a cluttered Inbox.
Following the signals from space.
I also like reading all of the logs for the WGA SP caches. The emails are forwarded to my email account and I’ve read almost everyone.
Following the signals from space.
My geocaching account is linked with my primary email account, so as soon as that I get any kind of email in my inbox, I get a notification on my phone…so I’m reading emails pretty much as soon as I get them. If I get an email from another geocacher that might have a question or concern, I do my best to answer that day. Anything else and I try to respond with “a few days”. Every once in awhile, something slips through the cracks but I do try to respond to every email I get from other geocachers.
That’s my own personal standard and I don’t hold anyone else to it, so if I don’t get a response from another cacher, I just move on in life and I know that sometimes spam filters catch my response emails. If I suspect that happened, I will try to follow up with an email using the gc.com portal if it’s something I consider important enough to warrant following up on.
I use my Primary Email.
I get sometimes up to 100 or more emails a day so I check it many times a day to keep on them. Especially in the summer. You get 5-10 cachers hit 5 -10 to different sets of geocaches around the area they add up fast and are very different. A group run on the BH Series will net me way about 300 emails or more. So I look at first word, last word and count the lines. Delete away. You also have to keep your deleted folder empty so that if you are clicking away and say oops you can jump to your deleted folder and read the extra log. I have special folders they get placed into based on what they are about so I can keep them sorted until I get through them all. I like to send immediate feedback emails to some geocachers if they give me some new info or give a that-a-boy for maintenance and stuff to keep the good logs rolling.
I even get emails for supplies and what I am using or where to get it at what price so I just started a geocaching hiders page on Facebook to limit all the extra research.
***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***
Mine goes to my primary e-mail. If it is regarding <contacting me through geocaching.com> I respond right away. If it is a found it on my only cache, I send a message since it is a puzzle, part of a series, and I am grateful to have a find. If it is a cache on my watchlist, I may not read it immediately, but certainly within a day. Those don’t require a response. Doesn’t the website require an e-mail if you own a cache? Why own caches if you ignore people contacting you about them? I’m sorry to hear you are having this issue enough to pose the question, sandlanders.
I have my GC account linked with my primary email, so it gets checked constantly.
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
I use an email address exclusively for geocaching that I do not check on a regular basis although a copy of the message also goes to my primary email that I check on all my devices.
I must be checking mine often enough because the lady I live with is constantly telling me I’m spending way too much time on the computer.
Our gc account is linked to our primary email as well. We read messages pretty often, daily at least (unless we’re out somewhere….no smart phone or data plan). When someone logs a virtual or EC, we always write back. If someone has a question….we try to answer it. If someone has a great log, maybe is newer to the hobby or has an interesting experience finding one of ours, we’ll write to them. Part of the enjoyment of caching is the communication the finding and hiding can allow.
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