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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Always assume that what you say will get into the wrong hands.
- namofni, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I got 99 Security, Productivity and Communication Tips and a Bitch ain't one!
(sorry, I couldn't resist :) Someone had to do it...) - khilari, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you follow 33, 34 and 35, you are my best friend
- jenny867, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Always remember that your spouse is reading your email
- PPoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Dugg. I hate people that BCC on private conversations and think its ethically acceptable.
- Rice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Best. Advice. Period.
- splintax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I disagree. Many people find features in HTML email like bolding, colouring, underlining, etc. very useful. In any professional situation, you're likely to encounter use of HTML email.
I'd say you should get with the times. - linuxrebel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3zone you'd be amazed how many companies use e-mail as a file service. Not to mention all of the mails sent to me by my servers (status reports, error messages, logs etc.) I average around 50-60 mails (non spam) an hour during the day.
- Niten, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4No discussion of "email security" is marginally complete without mention of PGP / GPG.
- walterk29, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2On the flip side, I hate when people send out a message to thirty people that I don't want knowing my e-mail, and put all the addresses in the "To:" field.
- honorablesauce, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@zhulien
that's the truth. Especially if you are sending it to Steve Gibson @ GRC. - splintax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've noticed this too, and it's really inefficient. I set up a central file storage place (just a directory shared over the network, or Hamachi, with a few gigs quota) at some of the businesses I've done consulting for. It saves a lot of time and makes things easier for everyone.
- linuxrebel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Or IMHO how about ... don't send HTML e-mail at all. Rarely do I ever get HTML e-mail that benefits from HTML for quality of presentation, that isn't spam. Not to mention that companies would find that a 60% or better drop in the cost of e-mail related bandwidth usage would be possible by going with text only e-mail. Many organizations I've worked with drop HTML e-mail at the door to prevent virus, and key-logger attacks via activeX. . Text + attachment is more secure in that it requires user action, no drive by infestation, and more likely to get properly scanned by anti-virus tools.
HTML isn't even part of the standard. It's kind of like banging your hand with a hammer. Just because it can be done is no reason to do it. - Leiterfluid, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The unfortunate reality is that the list is too long to be parsed by the people who need it the most, and that is the average user. If you can't narrow it down to around 10 bullet points, it has little value.
- bliz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2When you need to mass mail to friends who do not know each other, one nice trick is to add your own email as , then send "to:" yourself and "BCC:" to others.
However, when you mailing a group of friends all of whom know each other there's no need to BCC and might even make sense to let them know who this mail was sent to. - splintax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Considering that this guy spends so much time talking about proof-reading, professionalism, &c, you'd think that he'd take the time to proof-read his own article.
"Open office" and other spelling/grammar errors were everywhere.. - nightfox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wait, i thought 'afk' originated from the chat lingo and not text/cellphone lingo? well, in professional terms, of course it's advisable not to use it.
- bliz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sorry, what I meant above was:
one nice trick is to add your own email as Undisclosed Recipients
and Undisclosed Recipients is enclosed in the sharp brackets (used to close html tags)...somehow digg truncated the brackets and the words inside. - jouni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The correct syntax (see RFC 2822) is:
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
In fact, you could as well use
To: My five hundred best friends:;
or whatever---the part before the colon is supposed to be the name of the list you are sending the email to. The part between the colon and semicolon is the list of addresses, and in this case you just leave it empty to signify that you are hiding the addresses. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+03. Don't forward chain letters. Yay!
- mlanger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lot's of good info and advice here.
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- zhulien, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2amazing, they forgot to mention "do not send your emails as HTML to people who don't use an HTML compatible email reader" such as myself!
- neondiet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1
No 3. "Don't send Form letters"
What are "Form letters"? I've never heard that expression before. - zone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1how often do you use email anyways? if not for site registrations or garfield daily comic strip :P
- annaauckland, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeah chain letters drive me mad. And reply all, unless its neccessary!
- bonez05, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3why would your spouse be reading your email. if she does shes a nosy *****
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