EMAIL Etiquette - Being a Spammer is SO EASY!
I think I could collect 100,000 email addresses in one month - no problem. From there, millions would be a piece of cake.
I’m sure you get those emails where the first page (or two) is the list of email addresses that particular email was sent to - sometimes it seems like it must have been EVERYONE in the sender’s address book! Well, folks, with a little education and a few seconds of your time that can be stopped! I’m sure you all know about the “Bcc:”(Blind carbon copy) field that is available in virtually every email client. If it’s not visible, just a little detective work can easily find it and your addressees will REALLY appreciate it. Just enter all the addresses into that Bcc field - or if you forget, then just cut and paste from the To: window to the Bcc: window. Then, all those addresses will not be available to every other person in the list, AND will not take up the first several pages of the email when it's forwarded. Help us get to what it is you wanted us to see in the first place!
Another thing that annoys me is the forwarded email that has several references to “Hotmail” or “Virus checked” or some other AD at the bottom. How about taking a few extra seconds and just deleting that junk BEFORE you click “Send”.
Oh, and what about those little >>>>>>> that get added by the thousands every time some emails are forwarded, until there is a string about 8 deep on the left side of the message. Sometimes it’s those lines. Those things can be disabled in your email software, too, so - - - how about disabling it for the rest of us! Wait - I got another one. Those amazing messages
We, or some of us, make it so easy for spammers to gather up email addresses.
Oh, and what about those little >>>>>>> that get added by the thousands every time some emails are forwarded, until there is a string about 8 deep on the left side of the message. Sometimes it’s those lines. Those things can be disabled in your email software, too, so - - - how about disabling it for the rest of us! Wait - I got another one. Those amazing messages
that are so important
they put 10 or twenty blank lines
between each comment - -
PLEASE, there is nothing that is SO suspenseful, that I need ten pages for what could be said in one page. And a normal or slightly enlarged font is fine - it doesn’t need to be in 40 point font for even an older guy like me to be able to read it - I have glasses.
I expect there are several little annoyances that I haven’t mentioned so let us know - educate us so we can make YOUR email experience a more enjoyable one.
