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Five email tics I'd love for you to lose
Merlin Mann | Nov 7 2005
For the love of God, people; can we get the word out on these? Format courtesy of my other site.
Friend: I love you, but you must evolve. 95 Comments
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Along with overuse of the...Submitted by jthurman (not verified) on November 7, 2005 - 11:08am.
Along with overuse of the high-priority flag, I hate overuse of the "receipt acknowledgement" flag. When I read a message from certain people, outlook always pops up the dialog box saying "this person has requested acknowledgement that you have read their message." While I hate seeing that dialog, I'm glad it asks me if I want to send the acknowledgement, and I almost always click NO. I can see a few cases where using the flag may be good - like today I got an invitation to a dinner party, and the sender said "let me know that you got this message, so I can count on you being there." In that case, it's basically an RSVP. The ACK flag would have been fine. Its people who attach the flag to every email they send that make me crazy, and they never get the acknowledgement they think they want. My REPLY to their email should serve as acknowledgement enough. (And I'm very good about replying to email. If I don't reply, they can assume I didn't get the message). » POSTED IN:
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