Dear Miss Manners: My wife and I have a difference of opinion about emails sent from “do not reply” addresses. I say that, in principle, they display poor manners. They are akin to saying something to somebody and then putting your hands over your ears and repeating “I can’t hear you” (like children do). Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe
Now, I understand why a business or nonprofit (or scammer or spammer) would want to send out thousands of emails without accepting replies, which they might be obligated to respond to.
But I say if YOU start a dialogue by sending ME an email, then you should be ready to continue the dialogue by letting me reply.
The reason you cite — not having to monitor responses to automated, bulk, commercial emails — is

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