This is correct. Unsolicited submissions are not opened or read when received.
It's cliched, but the best way to make sure that something you want done gets done is to do it yourself.
This reply is somewhat late, but I would say that MFC is becoming more of a skill for legacy apps. There are much better application frameworks available now.
In that respect, I count myself lucky, as I've been enthusiastic about working on all the projects I've been a part of.
That doesn't mean that I'm not cranky, bitter, angry, jaded, and hateful though.