Nov 07 2006
Here we are, a month-and-a-half (give or take) away from 2007 and we're still not getting it.
- Include an image as part of your signature. I don't want it and you're wasting bandwidth - yours and mine.
- One-word replies. Is it really that important to write "Thanks!" and nothing else?
- Put your entire recipient list in either the "To:" or "CC:" field. Shall I broadcast your phone number to marketers?
- Use Outlook's stationery. Not everyone uses Outlook. And for those of us that don't, it just comes over as an attachment. Ugh. See number 1.
- Poor punctuation. Seriously, when did ellipses (...) and hyphens replace periods and question marks?
- Leave out the subject line. I'm going to assume it's not important or it gets filtered to junk.
- High-priority flags. If it's that important, pick up the phone.
- The 18-line sig about all the Bad Things that will happen to me if I ever reveal the contents of your privileged, confidential (and unencrypted) message. Attorneys, I'm looking at you.
- Send an attachment with no message. Especially if I have no idea you're going to send me something.
- Send multiple attachments in one message. If it's more than two, zip it! (Or, if you prefer, StuffIt.
- Put someone on your mailing list without telling him/her. Just because you have an email address doesn't mean you should add it to your mailing list. That's called spamming.