Politics and Reply to All Do Not Mix

You receive a forwarded email about a political issue, which has also been forwarded to other people you don’t know. Is it proper for you to comment on the message and hit the “Reply to All” button? If you don’t Reply to All to a political message you disagree with, will the other [...]

Never Spam Addresses in the To: Field!

Many think that by having all their contact’s e-mail addresses displayed in the To: field (particularly folks who do not know each other) is no big deal. One of the top questions that I get asked about almost on a daily basis is if it is “O.K.” to e-mail those addresses in the To: field [...]

Is BCc: Polite?

Have you found yourself the recipient of e-mail messages where there were probably recipients listed in the BCc; field, leaving you in the dark about who was or was not included in the message? What are the E-mail Etiquette considerations for hiding recipient’s names from others on the mailing list? Isn’t this akin to [...]

Proper Use of Reply to All

How ironic that those who complain about others use of Reply to All also seem to be those who do not respect the privacy of their contacts by using the BCc: field! If you can’t use the BCc: field or don’t know where it is, that is no reason or excuse to include all [...]

Email Forwards: Invasion of Privacy?

Is it an invasion of privacy to email someone with out their permission by using their email address cut from a forwarded email sent to you from a mutual acquaintance? Yes it is! The first mistake here is that whomever sent that forwarded e-mail should have put all their contact’s e-mail addresses in the BCc: [...]

Don’t Brush Off Email Privacy

Do you show a blatant disregard for your contact’s privacy? How would you feel if your contacts whether business or personal, decided to take your phone number and give it out to strangers? Strangers who you don’t know! Strangers who may use your phone number to contact you about something you’re not interested [...]

Irresponsible Forwarders Exposed!

Do you know an irresponsible forwarder or two, or three or five? Every so often they receive a nifty email that cracks them up, has quasi-valuable information or worse yet is a hoax or contains controversial commentary that they then are possessed with the need to “forward to all your friends.” That’s fine [...]

Where’s the BCc:?

I received an e-mail this morning about how I am always “harping” about using BCc: to shield your contact’s e-mail addresses from strangers.  They then scolded me for not mentioning how to find the BCc: feature.   How dare I tell anyone to do something without telling them how!  Wow…. now I am responsible [...]

If You Don’t Know Them; Don’t E-mail Them!

Here is a hypothetical situations I get asked about quite often.  Let’s say, someone has something of interest (usually of interest only to those who e-mail me this type of question) to share with all those names/e-mail addresses visibly displayed in the To: field; (even if they don’t know them) would it be improper to [...]