What is Expected When You Are Cc’d in an Email?
What does Cc: stand for? In the Stone Age, when typewriters were all the rage, carbon paper was used to make an identical copy of…
Why and How to Whitelist Email Addresses
A big-time dilemma is brewing online. In an understandable attempt to bypass all that annoying spam, emails that onliners want to receive are getting lost in the shuffle. Newsletter subscription requests are not being completed and important emails are not getting to their intended parties.
How to Handle Always Being the Email Initiator
Do you have acquaintances with whom you always initiate contact? Are there certain people with whom you only get an email when they respond to…
True Friends Reply to Emails
Do you have friends that you email then crickets? Then, maybe a couple of weeks later — they reply, sometimes ignoring the content of your…
How to Advise Your Expectations for an Email Reply
So, if a sender expects a reply to a personal email, should it be stated in the email? For example, “Please respond…..” or “I expect…
Ice Storms and Email Etiquette: A Reminder
Last winter, I could not post because we were hit with an incredible ice storm. We did not have power for three days. If you…