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A community member at large named Chris (great name, btw!!) sent in his top five list. These are Email Tips, for things from creating an Email address, to proper Email etiquette. Thanks for these great reminders, Chris!

  • Do not use any fancy stationary or elaborate signatures. These detract from the content of the e-mail, and waste valuable KB of space on peoples’ already over-spammed e-mail boxes. Not to mention most of the time people don’t even look at the signature once they know who it’s sent from via the address. A simple one line signature is best.
  • Create an e-mail with Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail or another free web e-mail service in addition to your ISP or personal e-mail box. This new e-mail box you will use exclusively for forum registrations, online shopping, and other sites that could potentially use your e-mail address to send you spam, or sell your e-mail address to a spammer. This lessens the possibility that spammers will get a hold of your private e-mail address you use to communicate for personal or business correspondence.
  • Use proper spelling, grammar, and netiquette. At the very least use a spell-check on your e-mail before sending it, especially to someone you don’t know. Not using proper English lowers your IQ in other peoples’ minds. Punctuation and sentence structure helps as well, especially when communicating for business. Last but not least, for the love of God (yell at camera) DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! THIS IS CONSIDERED YELLING IN THE OTHER PERSON’S FACE ON THE INTERNET!
  • Be careful with e-mail from people or businesses you do not know. Most tech-savvy people can recognize spam at a glance, but be careful with e-mail from an unrecognized name with subjects like “Hey! I’m glad I found you!” or “Urgent! Final Notice!” Spammers use every technique they can think of to get you to second guess yourself and open that e-mail. Also, use an e-mail client or service that automatically blocks the download of embedded or linked pictures because often the e-mail downloading these can be a sign to the spammer that your account is active.
  • Be intelligent with the name of your e-mail address when you created it, and when you use it. Do not create long and complex e-mail addresses such as bford12292010@myhost.com because nobody will ever remember that without having to go to their address book every time. Long complex names cause confusion. Use a unique nickname and as few numbers as possible. Also, sending e-mail from names such as “babycakes21″ or “sexyboy19″ or “flirtymama” looks highly unprofessional. Never use these kinds of e-mail names when communicating professionally with businesses or especially prospective employers. Also never put them on a resume. For business and professional e-mailing, stick with the first initial of your first name and all or part of your last name if possible.

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25 Comments

Yay first comment! Lockergnome Rocks!

People will hate you if you say “first comment”.

Yes, I hate when people have those crazy signatures xD. YES, YES. I hate when people don’t use proper etique online. It’s very, very annoying. CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME! Yeah, long complex emails are annoying, and those wierd emails are very, very annoying. Those things are almost more annoying than “the most annoying gadget”.

So…psycoticsinginchick is bad? lol
darn.

now that is a good list

this guy looks like a *****

i disagree i love people who comment first.

Last but not least, for the love of God (yell at camera) DO NOT TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS! THIS IS CONSIDERED YELLING IN THE OTHER PERSON’S FACE ON THE INTERNET! Be careful with e-mail from people or businesses you do not know. … morehere

In addition, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use your ISP e-mail address are your main one.

When that day comes when you change ISPS, move to a new area, or whatever the reason for losing your current ISP, your e-mail goes, too, along with all of your e-mails.

Instead, go to the “settings” of your ISP provided e-mail (comcast, roadrunner, etc.) and have all e-mails forwarded to your gmail/yahoo/hotmail account (I highly recommend gmail).

Lol… C is what he always puts on mine.

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Gary (TuxedoJericho)

December 16th, 2007
at 8:39am

Me Spel Good!

HA! Oh, that was priceless.

Another tip for composing an email.. Don’t write at 1am when you are tried, like I did for the Rock Band list. LOL, yes, I made some good errors there, huh. LOL.

Talking about the usernames. When most people create usernames with an ISP, they get a bit disheartened when the various forms of the simple name like “jimmy”, “johnny”, “joan”, etc are taken, so they create something like mrfeelgood2007@domain.com.

Take for instance my username, tuxedojericho. I use this because it is unique. I know most sites I visit that the user name will not be taken. If it has been taken, it’s probably tied into an old email account I can’t access and change the pass or anything. However, if I were to get into a job where I was emailing everyday for it, I would have like ggreenlee@job.com instead of my normal tuxedojericho username.

My email address is easy to remember and unique too.

I liked the tip on choosing your email adress wisely not making and using a account name like “sexyboy19@hotmail.com”, I got my actual name :D and im glad i got the email name i got.

I dont no y u need 2 use proper netiquette i think its annoying to type the thing out every time you want to say a common word. I understand using proper spelling for companies but thats it. no1 else really cares about this stuff unless you teach english (and if u do then im sry). but just typing to my frends its stupid to type it out if they no wut ur sayin.

P.S. Msot popele can raed tihs eevn tohugh not all of the ltetres are in the crroect palces!

Good tips, especially about having multiple email accounts to help reduce your SPAM.

Spelling ’stationery’ correctly might be a good start.

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how do i make a template for gmail i am a buisness owner and want them to look professional please help

2.59 is really funny xD

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