random question

[dancingyel]

what are the chances that an email gets lost in the vastness of the internet? i emailed someone a while ago (more than a month), in response to an email from him, and haven't gotten a response. now, it's entirely possible that he either forgot or chose not to write back, i've done that before myself. still, i had a moment of paranoia yesterday, like, what if the email got lost and he thinks i'm terribly rude for never writing back? how likely is that? my technical knowledge in this matter is lacking.