Hmmmm, which email will I respond to? One of the great thrills in life for any Apple fan is to open their inbox, and see Steve Jobs has replied to an email.

But how does it work? How can you get Jobs to write you back? Doesn't he get thousands of emails everyday?

To figure it out, we're taking a look back at the messages he's sent. From there we're parsing the messages, looked for themes to emerge.

We think we've come up with an idea about what works. Granted, it's all a crapshoot, but this could help put the odds on your side.