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Date Posted: 20:14:40 08/26/02 Mon
Author: Kiesha Elix
Subject: Re: One of three worst e-mails
In reply to: Kathy Oskison 's message, "One of three worst e-mails" on 11:55:02 08/25/02 Sun

>Nelson made a very good point about the "string"
>created in sending e-mails. It is commonplace for
>people in my company to use the "reply with history
>attached" feature when responding to e-mails. If this
>is done over and over to various persons and passed
>on, the e-mail eventually becomes very long, and if it
>has attachments, can really clog up the server. When
>one goes to print such an e-mail as this, it wastes
>several sheets of paper and time.
>

So true!! I have a friend who loves to forward items to me on occasion. But when she does, I swear I have to open at least 7 or 8 messages before I get to see or read the item she is wanting me to view. It is so annoying. Sometimes, I just delete it. It really is a pain! I have tried not to do this myself. But it is very easy to just hit foward and type your own personal message without deleting the messages of the ones prior to yours. It's definitely worth us thinking about when replying or forwarding messages, especially in the workplace. Your message could be forwarded onto someone who you wouldn't want to view your message and then you could be stuck trying to clean up a mess.
>Our text, The Elements of E-mail Style, tells us to
>"Edit the original message to include only enough
>information to remind the sender of his or her
>original question or purpose. If the original message
>is long, you can place it below your reply message."
>This in effect is replying with history.
>
>I think we just need to be careful of what we are
>passing on each time we answer an e-mail - checking to
>see what is already attached.

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