tetsou.co.uk — Most of us are probably using email in our day to day business lives; but are we using email as well as we could? All of us, at one time or another, have probably been guilty of committing one or more deadly email 'sin'. They are deadly sins because for our customers or clients they are annoying and a barrier to good communication.
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xbasilxJun 26, 2006
1 paragrahs in the subject line2 sending "joke" emails3 receving an article using "email this story to..." link4 re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: 5 your life history, philosophy & political affiliation in signature file6 expecting me to comply to your pedantic snobbery7 expecting me to reply to your mindless drivel8 HTML instead of plain text9 using email instead of telephone for urgent matters10 expecting me to allow receipt confirmation11 electronic greeting cards12 people who don't know what kill-filtered means
zippoJun 26, 2006
I just f'ing hate those stupid Forwarded chain letters... How dumb must people be?
delhokieJun 26, 2006
#3- I don't know of ANYONE who likes seeing the '>' on quoted text. And HTML is fine, as long as you don't use Comic Sans for your font :)
scourgeJun 26, 2006
Send them back with something nasty attached :p
ninetynineJun 26, 2006
sending joke emails without putiing the addrs in bcc!!! then of course everyone reply's to all...
tetsouJun 29, 2006
Site holding up fine! Thanks
tetsouJun 29, 2006
No problem with the link now. Thanks!
ronhunsingerJun 30, 2006
I disagree that there's a difference between email and usenet. In both cases, you will be engaged in several simultaneous conversations. In both cases, bottom posting makes it easier to understand what's being said, because it puts things in logical order. In both cases, proper quoting (and attribution) is key: quote only enough to jog the other party's memory about which (of probably many) of their conversations this one is, and let them know what you're responding to.I think that people who top-post feel that they need to do that BECAUSE they're over-quoting. They quote the entire incoming message, commiting sins 2 and 4, and then top-post in a vain attempt to compensate.There is no need to quote the whole thing: the entire history of the thread is still there in their in-box for them to peruse if they need to. If you keep your quote brief, as you ought to, then your bottom-posted reply will still be right there near enough to the top to be easily read with no scrolling needed. If they need to scroll to get to your reply, you've quoted too much.Bottom-posting keeps ideas in their logical order, making your messages easier to understand and maximizing their effectiveness. You do want your emails to be effective, don't you?