Nonny, you're exaggerating what I'm saying to justify dismissing it, but I think you know the difference between an email - the same sort of transactional notification you'd get when your fic is added to a collection, kudos, or commented on - and "having to notice" something. I would have zero confidence that someone "just noticed" a rejection. It really seems like the most passive and confusing way possible to navigate the situation, which again, is why I think it's rude.