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Don't get me wrong: There are many legit reasons for sending something directly to an OSS maintainer. But not when your attention span doesn't last until the second paragraph of the README.
And it's always students doing that, often worded as if they were entitled to my help. 
To be clear: those are not my students or anything like that. Just students from somewhere on the globe. I usually just reply with quoting the relevant sentence from the README, bc that's easier than explaining etiquette. But it feels like rewarding them for shitty behavior.
"[name] is currently out of office for vacation. Please see the readme or the support channels listed in it if you're having difficulty with my software."
Omg this is brilliant.
it is! i('d) ignore them if the proper communication path is clear or refer them to those if not. i deem communication skills one thing you have to learn at uni at the latest ;)
I have a prepared reply. "You've contacted me in private, which honors me, but please refer to <mailing list> for discussions and usage assistance. I can't, for temporal reasons, afford to offer unpaid support over private channels. If you need confidentiality, we can set up…"
(that's what I use for my academic address; for my private private email, I choose to ignore, help or send a similar reply with emphasis on the "we can set up a consultation contract at reasonable hourly rates", depending on the seriousness and effort the sender put in.)
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