Comments on: “How to Nicely Ask…” http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/how-to-nicely-ask/ Email Etiquette: Using Technology with Knowledge, Understanding and Courtsey! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judith http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/how-to-nicely-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Judith Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:44:27 +0000 http://blog.netmanners.com/?p=199#comment-109 Hey, Christine: Thanks for stopping by! Your dilemma is one I get asked about almost on a daily basis. First off, you never hit Reply to All on these type of mass e-mails (nor do you copy all the exposed addresses in the To: field and propagate this problem -- two wrongs don't make a right) -- that is unless it all family and you know everyone. In most cases, when you see someone listing all their contacts in the To: field, they do not realize that they are seriously breaching their contact's privacy by displaying their addresses to strangers. So, they need to be made aware of this dire error so they do not continue to do so: <a href="http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/dont-brush-off-email-privacy/" rel="nofollow">Don't Brush Off Email Privacy</a> If you feel the need to let your opinions be known, only reply to the Sender. The other folks in the To: field did not ask for your opinion nor should they have to receive an unasked email from you containing your opinion. You will also want to make the Sender aware of the proper way to handle forwarded emails: <a href="http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/5-rules-of-forwarding-email/" rel="nofollow">5 Rules for Forwarding Email</a> As far as stopping these emails that you didn't ask for, I just so happen to have an article setup to send folks to: <a href="http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/how-do-i-ask-them-to-stop-forwarding-all-those-silly-emails/" rel="nofollow">How Do I Ask Them to Stop Forwarding All Those Silly Emails?</a> Everything you describe is happening because folks do not know any better and/or are not willing to consider how their actions will effect others. Hopefully by nicely pointing them to the above resources, they will learn about the issues they didn't know they needed to consider! HTH! Judith Hey, Christine:

Thanks for stopping by! Your dilemma is one I get asked about almost on a daily basis. First off, you never hit Reply to All on these type of mass e-mails (nor do you copy all the exposed addresses in the To: field and propagate this problem — two wrongs don’t make a right) — that is unless it all family and you know everyone.

In most cases, when you see someone listing all their contacts in the To: field, they do not realize that they are seriously breaching their contact’s privacy by displaying their addresses to strangers. So, they need to be made aware of this dire error so they do not continue to do so:

Don’t Brush Off Email Privacy

If you feel the need to let your opinions be known, only reply to the Sender. The other folks in the To: field did not ask for your opinion nor should they have to receive an unasked email from you containing your opinion. You will also want to make the Sender aware of the proper way to handle forwarded emails:

5 Rules for Forwarding Email

As far as stopping these emails that you didn’t ask for, I just so happen to have an article setup to send folks to:

How Do I Ask Them to Stop Forwarding All Those Silly Emails?

Everything you describe is happening because folks do not know any better and/or are not willing to consider how their actions will effect others. Hopefully by nicely pointing them to the above resources, they will learn about the issues they didn’t know they needed to consider!

HTH!
Judith

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