My canned response from Mark Udall

[iquack08]

FYI, those e-mails are almost always written by staff members. They are, however, directed by the elected individual. I highly doubt they will ever be read by the person in charge in most cases, especially, regarding members of Congress.

I'm not saying that writing letters is useless because the elected individual WILL be told about the amount of e-mails he's receiving on an issue. This gets his attention and applies the pressure.

Don't ask me how I know this. I'm just explaining why those e-mails are standard and vague.