ICA Flashcards

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Acronyms as TMI (too much information) or LOL (laugh out loud) can confuse/ annoy e-mail recipients.

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Be sure to double-check the address to which you are sending.

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Cluttered e-mails. waste time and effort.

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Default settings are the best choice when e-mailing someone whose technology tools are unknown to you.

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Excessive punctuation should be avoided!!!

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Flaming– sending an angry e-mail - is always unacceptable

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Grammar counts

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Humor, sarcasm, or irony easily can be misinterpreted in an e-mail, where the tone of your voice is lost

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Include a subject line in all e-mails that will be meaningful and memorable to both you and the recipent.

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Judgement is essential when forwarding e-mails.

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Keep the body of your e-mails short and to the point

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Limit each line of an e-mail to fewer than 75 characters

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Mind your manners

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14
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Never send anything by e-mail that you would not want made public

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Opening an unexpected attachment can be dangerous

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Publicizing someone else’s e-mail address without their permission is an invasion of their privacy

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Quick! Get to the point!

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Replying to spam- even to unsubscribe- confirms to the spammer that your e-mail address is active, and results in even more spam

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Scheduling an email to be sent at a future date/ time is a valuable formatting feature.

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Time matters. Reply to e-mails within 24 hours, if possible. When sending the email, use the “request read receipt” feature.

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UPPERCASE WORDS LOOK LIKE SHOUTING.

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Very large files or attachments can crash recipients’ e-mail programs- or worse, their servers. Send a website address instead- or ask the recipient’s permission to send the file

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Warning about hoaxes, computer viruses, or other “urgent” may be false

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eXert caution when opening links within an email.. someone may be phishing for your personal information/

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Your tone in an e-mail should reflect who the recipient is, not the communication medium you’re using. While an informal tone is appropriate for a friend, a more formal tone should be used otherwise.

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Zip your lip! E-mail is personal correspondence. You should never- without permission from the sender- quote publicly from, or forward to a public forum. a private e-mail sent to you.