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How to keep out of trouble with your e-mail
Rules and etiquette for using Internet electronic mail

by Derek K. Miller

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At the June 2003 meeting the Editors' Association of Canada's B.C. Branch executive (of which I'm a member), my colleagues asked me to send out some basic rules for e-mail, and particularly e-mail groups and lists. The list turned out to be pretty big, so I'm posting it here too.

Style

Formatting

Technical Considerations

Replying, Quoting, and Forwarding

Being Careful

Another pretty good primer that covers much of the same material with a slightly different slant is at I Will Follow. The Wikipedia, Yahoo!, and the Open Directory also have good resources on netiquette in general.

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