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Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by micxwell(m): 4:51pm On Oct 04, 2017
BiafranBushBoy:
Nice.

It is very paramount.

1) Acknowledge every E-mail received

2) Always attach a signature to your Email

3) Proof-read every line before sending out the email.

Kind Regards

BiafranBushBoy [FTC Nairaland & Mods Ltd] wink
And if you have attachment(s), list them out and briefly explain what they are all about; so the receiver will be able to know what needs to be done.
Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by sylva1(m): 4:56pm On Oct 04, 2017
Just because you don't use email doesn't mean people don't still do. Email is the official way of communication among company's staff and in between companies. I know a company where virtually everything is done via mails.
ayourbamie:
Do ppl still use email ?

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Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by BiafranBushBoy: 4:58pm On Oct 04, 2017
micxwell:

And if you have attachment(s), list them out and briefly explain what they are all about; so the receiver will be able to know what needs to be done.

Nice. I have learnt. smiley
Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by Nobody: 5:22pm On Oct 04, 2017
ayourbamie:
Do ppl still use email ?
Typical of a Nigerian. You think life is all about WhatsApp & Facebook?

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Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by janykute: 5:33pm On Oct 04, 2017
9jvirgin:
Yeah. Good job!

A guy at my former job once wrote an entire email in Capital Case, even though he was trying to report a very critical situation our Kano office was experiencing; the MD lambasted him and told him to go to hell. grin grin grin. I am still laughing now remembering that day.
Writing in capital case means shouting from what I was told.
Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by SirLakes: 5:40pm On Oct 04, 2017
Nice piece
Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by ngmgeek(m): 1:02am On Oct 05, 2017
Opinionated:
Sending emails have rules of etiquette to guide the action. These rules of etiquette are more or less guidelines that help avoid mistakes and misunderstandings when sending emails (especially business emails). Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 email etiquette rules most people ignore.

Taking Another Look Before Sending a Message

The rule basically goes along the line of ‘send once, look twice’. This is to avoid accidentally sending embarrassing emails that you won’t be able to take back, once it’s been sent out. Avoid sending emails the minute you are done drafting them; allow some minutes of rest for every of your email messages after you’re done drafting them, then look over them once more just before you click send. Additionally, if your email software has an unsend feature (for example, Gmail has an unsend feature), you can enable the unsend feature to give you a couple of minutes to undo your sending of a message, in the event of an error or omission.

Cleaning Up Emails Before Forwarding Them

Nobody likes to read cumbersome emails, we all like it neat, brief and straight to the point. To ensure that your emails are clean before forwarding them, make sure you remove all addresses from the email before forwarding it (except the addresses are essential to the email you are forwarding); clean up the unnecessary characters and messed up lines from the email body (email cleanup utilities can help with this); and clean up the subject of the email to suit what you desire or you can leave it as is, if that is what is prefered.

Letting People Know their Emails Have Been Received

Email softwares are not Whatsapp, where you can easily know when a message that you have sent has been read by the recipient. It is, therefore, courteous for the recipient of a message to send a reply back to the sender indicating that the message has been received. This email can be referred to as an ‘acknowledgment email’. Even if you don’t intend to reply the email yet, it is best to send an acknowledgment email in the interim, pending when you will reply the email. In addition, to avoid forgetting about replying the email once an acknowledgment email has been sent, you can mark the email as unread and star it, so it will act as a kind of reminder for you to attend to the email.

Keeping Emails Short

When drafting and sending emails, some people forget that it’s an email and proceed to draft and send epistles. This should not be so. Long emails can be intimidating, and long sequence of paragraphs with long run-on sentences can be cumbersome and discouraging for many to read. Keep your emails as short as possible, and this can be done by being brief and straight to the point with your messages. If you think something longer will be appropriate, it is best to call the person and have a phone discussion instead. You can later highlight the key points of your discussion in an email and send to the person for confirmation.

Personal emails can be more superfluous but business emails should typically be succinct. You can keep your emails short by breaking your message into bullet points and ensuring each point captures the essence or summary of any action you want taken. Also, be sure to avoid treating many subjects within one mail, treat one subject per mail and avoid lumping it all together.

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Re: 4 Email Etiquettes Most People Ignore by Jubreal19: 1:15pm On Oct 05, 2017
ayourbamie:
Do ppl still use email ?
you are out dated .

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