I'm struggling at the work front as well. We are trying to certify our product on a specific operating system. These are the sort of email exchanges I am going through:

Me: We can't claim certification, we have tested only one type of configuration, on an older version of the operating system. We havent tested against the latest operating system which has features which will affect us. (This followed by examples and how they affect us)

Manager (to QA): See what Sam says.

QA: What does Sam say?

Me: <as before>

QA (to Release Manager): See what Sam says.

Release Manager: What does Sam say?

Me: <as before>

Release Manager (to guy who provided environment for testing): See what Sam says.

Guy who .. : What does Sam say?

Me: <as before>

Guy who .. (to Product Manager): See what Sam says.

(and here we have a deviation!!)
Product Manager: Version of what?! Operating system? Our product? Java?

(Gah! why can't he just read the bloody email!!)
Me: <as before>

This hasn't ended yet, if I'm lucky, it will stop before it reaches the CEO.