Comments on: E-mail Etiquette and Discretion http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/lets-talk-about-discretion/ Email Etiquette: Using Technology with Knowledge, Understanding and Courtsey! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judith http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/lets-talk-about-discretion/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Judith Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:46:57 +0000 http://blog.netmanners.com/?p=29#comment-530 Hey, Kruno: Thanks for stopping by! In business, sometimes it is a judgement call to leave everything in place at the bottom of your reply for documentation purposes. This tends to apply to very serious issues such as legal matters. But as a general rule, down-editing your e-mails to only include the part(s) of the e-mail you are directly replying to lends to clarity in your communications and helps to avoid misunderstandings. I have an article you may find helpful: <a href="http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiquette/how-to-properly-down-edit-your-emails/" rel="nofollow">How to Down Edit Your E-mails</a>. I also have an entire site where we <a href="http://www.businessemailetiquette.com" rel="nofollow">discuss Business E-mail Etiquette issues</a> -- why not check it out? HTH! Hey, Kruno:

Thanks for stopping by! In business, sometimes it is a judgement call to leave everything in place at the bottom of your reply for documentation purposes. This tends to apply to very serious issues such as legal matters.

But as a general rule, down-editing your e-mails to only include the part(s) of the e-mail you are directly replying to lends to clarity in your communications and helps to avoid misunderstandings. I have an article you may find helpful: How to Down Edit Your E-mails.

I also have an entire site where we discuss Business E-mail Etiquette issues — why not check it out?

HTH!

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