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Dec 22

Email – Blind Carbon Copy

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 in Email tips

When you send an email to many people and put their addressses in the Carbon Copy (CC) field, they will be able to see each other’s addresses. Some recipients may not appreciate this. Instead, place them in the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) field.

For more on BCC, please visit whybcc.com because I couldn’t have said it better.

For more email ettiquette tips, I recommend 101 Email Etiquette Tips. Please pay special attention to #42 & 58.

Dec 15

Do not subject yourself to being flagged as spam

Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in Email tips

When you send an email, always include a subject.
Not doing so can cause a spam filter to consider your email spam.
Including a subject also helps the recipient organize their emails.

For more email ettiquette tips, I recommend 101 Email Etiquette Tips. Please pay special attention to #15, 40 & 90.

Dec 7

Répondez s'il vous plaît (RSVP)

Posted on Monday, December 7, 2009 in Email tips

Lately I have been sending emails that never get responses. I would be happy to just get a “yup” or “ok” in response.

Did my email ever arrive in their Inbox? Did it end up in their spam folder? Do I need to include RSVP? Do I need to request a delivery receipt?

Even if they plan a more detailed response later, they could at least tell me that with, “I’ll get back to you on this.”

For more email ettiquette tips, I recommend 101 Email Etiquette Tips. Please pay special attention to #14.