Comments on: Email etiquette revisited

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:56:02 +0000

I always send a thank you note when someone has sent me some documents or something I’ve requested. At times I would appreciate the thought when I do the same for others.
The one that gets me – and it is not email related – are those people who text “thanks” or “okay” when you’re arranging something with them. To delete an email requires 1 click of the mouse. To delete a text takes far more time (open it, read it, delete it, confirm delete…)

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By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:21:56 +0000

I’ve learned to use the subject line as the complete email, and at the end of the subject line place which stands for “end of message.” So, “Thanks! ” would be in the subject line, and the person receiving it need only look at the subject and then delete. I’ve shared this with colleagues and it helps. Imagine “Morning meeting changed to 8:15 a.m. ” How great is that?

By: Email Dashboard

Email Dashboard — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:32:18 +0000

Email etiquette: Thanks…

I grew up being taught to say please and thank you as just a matter of simple courtesy for actions large and small. But more and more, I find this to be at odds w/ polite and efficient email practices….

By: RBL

RBL — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:00:55 +0000

I prefer e-mail, e-commerce, etc.

As far as thank yous go, savvy users put it in the subject line, followed by an , meaning “end of message”. That way people can read it and delete it without opening it.

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Pendekkan. Ringkas — Ayo Menulis! — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:36:22 +0000

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By: Tania

Tania — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:49:23 +0000

Related: I’m bothered when “Thank you” or “Thanks” is abbreviated — I am very often shown appreciation with an email or IM that reads only :ty” or “Txs.” But really, how grateful are you really when you can’t bother to type out another few letters?

By: Tetsou

Tetsou — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:43:09 +0000

I noticed that those of us of the ‘MTV’ generation tend to say ‘thks’ or something similar, while those of the ‘I Love Lucy’ generation to towards ‘Thank You’.

Cheers!
Tetsou
http://www.tetsou.co.uk

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:12:56 +0000

The Email Experience Council http://www.emailexperience.org is working on “officially” changing the spelling to be “email”

According to AP (CP here in Canada) it is still spelled with a hyphen, but it’s definitely being dropped quite a bit.

As for the thank you email – I appreciate it – not just for the nice gesture, but because email can be so unreliable, you never really know if someone receives it. I mean you can request read receipts but that clogs your email just as much and isn’t nearly as nice!

By: Danny Hope

Danny Hope — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:19:02 +0000

Use ‘email’ because ‘e-mail’ is outdated.

Many words go through a hyphenated phase before being accepted into the language and so no longer need hyphens.

I apply the same thinking to homepage but for most people that’s probably a step too far.

By the way, a little bug: when I tab from the name field the focus becomes the ‘subscribe’ button, rather that the ‘Email’ field as one would expect.