ha ha, how would you have missed "CONGRATULATIONS!!"? because it looks like spam e-mail subject?
Exactly. Further, the email doesn't even say it's from Duke; the Duke email addy is covered up by "Dennis J. SHIELDS" or somesuch, which looks spammy. I've been using email for over half my life; at this point, I instinctively 'roll over' anything that looks like spam. I literally marked it as 'Read' and deleted it without even being aware that I did it. I only found out about it when I came here, saw that others were emailed, and went hunting. Now that I type it out, it sounds psychotic. Hrm. Anyway, ironically enough, I wrote my Duke "Academic Essay " on spam. They clearly didn't read it.
i set up two new e-mail addresses before sending out apps; one for people i know and for schools,
Mine was originally just for LSAC, but then I gave it to all the law schools. It's become the de facto email for anything important.
Starresky-- Thanks for the update! Looks good.