In Chapter 4 of Discovering the Internet, the authors briefly touched on a few e-mail etiquette rules we should be mindful of. Although I have never made any monumental etiquette blunders while using e-mail, I have heard more than a few horror stories over the years. While any number of books have been penned on the subject, a quick Internet search can bring up loads of articles and blog posts about the potential pitfalls awaiting any of us who use e-mail.
As I browsed through my search results for e-mail etiquette, I noticed that practically every other article quantified the number of "tips" being listed. Being in a "more is better" kind of mood, I skipped those that offered the top 3, 10, or 26 tips and went directly for the top 101! Put out by netmanners.com., 101 Email Etiquette Tips was a pretty comprehensive list which covered proper protocol for e-mail, formatting, attachments, forwarding, business mail, IM, blogs, message boards, and forums. I learned a few things that I was doing wrong (like leaving the subject field blank and not editing out other e-mail addresses before forwarding).
My favorite tip, and the sagest advice, happened to be #101... "Type unto others as you would have them type unto you." Is that not perfect in its' simplicity and elementary truth? Check out the article and let me know what you think.
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