Re: Protocol recommendation for e-mail

[Peter Lucas <peterlucas -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET>]

Try using some kind of Inbox Assistant in your e-mail program to filter
incoming messages and send them to a separate folder. This will at least
work for messages coming from the techwriter list and other e-mail lists.

>Hi everybody,
>
>I would like to recommend that we as professional communicators begin a
>protocol for the subject line of e-mail.  Whenever we send private
messages,
>we should begin the subject line with the name of the addressee--(e.g.,
>Subject:  Dave--I need a quick answer to a question)
>
>Because I subscribe to this and a couple of other groups I receive more
than
>200 messages per day.  Most of you do not receive that much mail yet, but
>chances are, in a few years you will.  I will occasionally receive irate
>e-mail from people who are upset that I have not answered a query addressed
>specifically to me.  Because I receive so much mail, I too often miss
>important messages addressed to me but with non-descript subject lines.
>
>I request that my students begin the subject line with my name, and
whenever
>I address a message to a specific person, I always begin the subject line
>with his or her name.  I always get responses.
>
>As technical communicators (communications specialists) we are in a
position
>to take the lead in solving this problem.
>
>Whadda' ya' think?  If you have a reply, please reply off list.  Otherwise,
>please consider the suggestion.  It makes sense to me.
>
>Dave Hailey
>

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