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Email
Etiquette
Forwarding
Faux Pas
As soon as you get
an e-mail address, someone you know is going
to put you on his or her joke list. They are
going to forward every funny thing that comes
across their desk. Funny to them, anyway.
It seems harmless enough, but people don t
always want to be inundated with trivial e-mail.
Granted, it s hard not to send something
humorous that you find on the web. If it s
that good, share it with a friend. But think
twice before you do so. Ask yourself if the
recipient is really going to want to see the
information or the joke that you send along.
Chain Letters
And Hoaxes
They aren t unique
to the internet, but they certainly seem to
have proliferated there. Most messages about
viruses attached to e-mail messages, stolen
cookie recipes, last wishes of a dying boy,
etc. are just a variation on the old chain
letter. Be wary of any e-mail that
exhorts you to forward it to as many people
as possible. If you are in doubt, forward
it to one person that you know is an old hand
on the internet and ask them if it s a hoax.
They ll probably know.
STOP YELLING
AT ME
When you type in
all capital letters, IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE
YELLING. If you want to yell, then USE IT.
If not, use mixed case.
Smileys
:-)
If you look at the
characters above and tilt your head to the
left, it looks like a smiley face. There are
a variety of these that help show a little
flair in an email message. Since these symbols
can show some emotion behind the writing,
they are sometimes called emoticons. Here
are just a few.
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