On the web, email will often be your first \u2013or indeed, your only point of contract with other people. \u00a0While everyone has their own distinctive writing style, here are a few general pointers about email etiquette\u2026. .<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t overquote<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>If you\u2019re quoting somebody\u2019s message in your reply, try to quote only the relevant portions of the message and not the whole thing. \u00a0For instance, I used to run a website promotion newsletter, and I was forever getting the whole newsletter send back to me with single line saying \u201cthank you!\u201d The thought is appreciated, but not the length of the message!<\/p>\n Treat Email confidentially<\/strong><\/p>\n If somebody sends you information or ideas by email, you should not assume that you have their permission to pass it around. \u00a0Email is one-to-one for a reason: it is designed for personal communication. \u00a0Unless you are explicity told otherwise, always assume that email you receive has a big \u201cPRIVATE\u201d stamp on it.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Dice up Names <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Some people get frustrated when a total stranger writes to them using a shortened version of their name. \u00a0I have seen a friend grit his teeth as he reads emails which begin \u201cHi balls!\u201d His full name is Balaji. \u00a0Oh well, you get the message.<\/p>\n Until you know which form of a person\u2019s name they prefer, it\u2019s safer to stick to what you can see in \u201c public\u201d (on their site or newsletter). Once they\u2019ve replied to your initial email, you\u2019ll know the preferred form of their name by the way they signed off in their email!<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Blast Messages Around Indiscriminately<\/strong><\/p>\n If you want mail a large number of people (for instance, on a mailing list) Don\u2019t paste all the email addresses into the cc field of your email programme. \u00a0If you do that, each person you are writing to will be able to see the email address of all the other people you\u2019re writing to! This can be very annoying, as people usually don\u2019t like to disclose their email address in public. \u00a0Always use the BCC (blind carbon copy) function instead. \u00a0That way, each person will only see their own email address on your message.<\/p>\n Think Twice Before Sending HTML Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are sending an important message to somebody, don\u2019t use \u201cHTML \u201c code in your message unless you are sure that their email program can understand \u201c HTML \u201c code in your message unless you are sure that their email program can understand \u201c HTML \u201c correctly. \u00a0If it doesn\u2019t, your message will become an unreadable mess\u2014not the impression you were intending to give, I\u2019m sure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On the web, email will often be your first \u2013or indeed, your only point of contract with other people. \u00a0While everyone has their own distinctive writing style, here are a few general pointers about email etiquette\u2026. . Don\u2019t overquote \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you\u2019re quoting somebody\u2019s message in your reply, try to quote only the relevant portions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiruba.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}