Netiquette

I'm so done with email
I'm back to snail mailing everybody

I think the golden rule applies to the internert just like it applies to erraythang else. I love you Clara.

I would like it if when my friends send me pictures they would at least have the courtesy to write "Don't open at work" in the message box. You know. Because some pictures you just don't want to open at work.

Oh, Hey Clara! What's goin on with all the sillies posted all over the place? What happened to Spring Clearing? I'm off for a day and I get back on and it's all craziness??!! Wha happen?

Oh, Clara. Never mind. I saw the "New Forum" thread...

Yea!!!! The sillies are back!!


(but not here. Here we're talking about netiquete)

[Edited on Apr 16, 2005 by pmoney]

Anyone sending me an email that they're also sending to more than 2 people had better have my permission to do so. Families and pals is okay, but anyone else

1) Don't ever ever ever forward junk mail to me. I've seen it. And if I haven't seen it I'm not going to think it's funny if it arrives in my email thinger.

2) Snip out all the cruft, just leave the points you're replying to.

3) I prefer it if people make their points inline, or all underneath. For email I can tolerate "top-posting / bottom quoting", just about, but it sets my teeth on edge.

Also, for the love of Ghod, pictures do not have to be 3 megabytes and 1024*something-else-equally-huge.

When I get emails from 1 friend who has fwded the email to our group of friends, and I get the same email back from everyone else. That drives me nuts.

Please: Never ever forward on something that is a virus warning. They're almost always hoaxes, and if they're not then my AN (which updates itself) will be updated.

Also, check Snopes.com before forwarding on warnings about, well, whatever.

i always wondered what that bcc field was for.

I don't care how much you enjoy using capital letters, it's considered shouting and many people find it annoying. Stop.

...and when replying to someone's mass e-mail, make sure it's only being sent to the original sender, and not everyone on the original mail list. My university account fills up every day with replies to teacher e-mails from fellow students.

Don't send those automatic return receipt requested things. They are obnoxious.

Don't flag all your e-mail as "importance: high". It doesn't affect how quickly the thing moves and makes the sender appear clueless.

Change the subject line occasionally so it doesn't say Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

Never reply to a digest email.
If you absolutely have to, then edit the irrelevant stuff out, and change the title/subject.

Stick to text for email. HTML etc. ought to go as an attachment.

Yes, and please by god, give it a subject. Even 'Hi' is better than blank.

i use to get an unbelievable amount of pointless forwards.
Like you'd die if you didnt send it to 20 people in the hour..

or you'd never find love.

I hate forwards...... grr.... and all junk mail.

No one is taxing e-mail
No one is taking away AIM

Hmm, when I quote on boards such as this, I put my reply underneath. When I quote in email I put my reply above. I'd never noticed that before. Now I'll notice it everytime. Great.

There are two things that bug me. Multi-megabyte attachments I'm not expecting or any attachment I can't open. If it's a multi-megabyte attachment that I'm not expecting AND I can't open it? Well... fuck you mister. Fuck you and your dog. (Not aimed at anyone.)

[Edited on Apr 18, 2005 by Jerry_Coke]

You get attachments you're not expecting, and you try to open them??? I hope you didn't mean that. Really.

Ok, I'll be more clear. Obscure file formats I've never heard of and wouldn't know how to open. Better? Besides .pif and .exe files won't do shit to a Mac

The only thing I hate more than the addresses being visible is that jackass who replies to all instead of just the sender. Usually with personal shit that means nothing whatsoever to the rest of us poor bastards.

odi omnes

If I gave you my email address, I probably did it for a fucking reason. And that reason is NOT so you can send me long, multicolored forwards about Jesus.