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Many young professionals complain that their e-mails are not answered by their alumni members or they are ignored on Internet forums/mailing lists. Or when they apply for internship/job no company answers them.

Could it be that they chose a wrong kind of e-mail address.

A few tips Deepak Goel has on how to choose an email ID.

Yet another reason for your emails going un-answered may have to do with using SMS-speak or bad grammar in your e-mails. While it may possibly shorten the time for typing an e-mail it makes it relatively un-readable to busy professionals. Running your emails through a spell-check is a good idea.

Typing in ALLCAPS is considered the text equivalent of shouting.

And one shouldn't write e-mails with attached resumes to random people in random companies unless you have some relevant ideas as to what that company/organization does and if it fits well with what you want to do.