Uses and Abuses of E-mail
©1999 Barbara Renick
| HotMail |
| Juno |
| NetZero |
| Yahoo! Mail |
| DataViz |
| OneList |
| NewsRover |
| eFax |
| CAUTION: Enfish |
| CAUTION: BoilerBase |
| CAUTION: KeyWords Seeker |
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HELPFUL WEB SITES |
|
Everything E-mail™ by Mary Houten-Kemp |
| A Beginner's Guide to Effective E-mail by Kaitlin Duck Sherwood |
| RootsWeb Mail Lists |
| LeansLots.com Tutorials |
Do's & Don'ts of Effective E-mail |
| Do use short paragraphs. |
| Do use lots of white space. |
| Do use wide margins (shorter line length). |
| Do leave lots of space around hyperlinks. |
| Show your emotions via emoticons, acronyms, and parenthetical statements. |
| Don't type in all capitals (except for surnames on most lists) -- it is poor netiquette. |
| Don't write when you are in a bad mood. |
| Don't assume your message is clearly written. |
| Don't assume your speeling is correct. <g> Always spell check. |
| Don't stray from the listed topic. |
| Don't participate in flame wars. |
| Don't respond to SPAM (junk mail). |
Technical Difficulties |
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| Foreign Alphabets |
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| Translation Needed? |
Sprechen zie deutsche? |
| Question before the Answer? |
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| Cryptic Postings |
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| Insufficient Information |
A friend of yours in California gave me your email address and thought you may be able to help me with my family tree. I am looking for Estes, but I don't see any on your web site. I appreciate nay help you may provide. Thanks. |
| HTML Problem |
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| Encoding/Uncoding Problem |
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| Line Length Problem (Screen Resolution Problem) |
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| Needs More White Space |
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| Good Example with Good Use of White Space: |
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