Yesterday I
wrote about a new kind of etiquette – cyberspace etiquette. This is a continuation of that post.
E-mail
etiquette is quite simple. It is simply a matter of thinking twice before
sending a message. Don’t forward “factual” messages you haven’t verified. For
help in verification, check out Snopes.com – they can verify almost any
“factual” e-mail you receive.
If you must
forward a message to someone, delete the many names of other people it has been
forwarded to. If you want to send the same letter to lots of people, use the
blind copy feature so those who receive your e-mail won’t see the many other
names you have sent it to.
Keep junk
mail and chain-letter to a minimum by not sending it on.
Don’t assume
that you can be anonymous on the Internet. Somebody out there knows how to
trace your message back to you. Try not to use all-uppercase letters –IT LOOKS
LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING.
I recommend
two very good books that will help you find your way to having good manners on
the Internet. They are “The Core Rules of Netiquette” by Virginia Shea and
“Etiquette For Dummies” by Sue Fox.
Thanks to
good friend, and excellent teacher, Karen Downs, for encouraging me to write
about Cyberspace Etiquette.
By
Lois Jamieson
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