Forwarding E-mails and Hurt Feelings

Almost every day I get e-mails from concerned Netizens all worried about how to nicely ask a “friend” to quit forwarding chain letters, hoaxes and jokes to them. To add salt to the wound, many of these “friends” take the liberty of sending these silly e-mails to their contact’s business e-mail addresses! What happens when [...]

Ask Before Forwarding E-mails

Several times each week I get asked for guidance when it comes to forwarding emails written by others.  Should you ask the sender if it is O.K. before forwarding to those they may or may not know an e-mail they sent privately to you? A resounding YES! Common courtesy alone would dictate you don’t forward [...]

E-mail Forwarding Tips and Advice

Seems around the Holidays allot of e-mails were being forwarded around. Some incorrectly, others without thought or comment and even some that shouldn’t have been forwarded at all! This is the number one topic I’ve been e-mailed about over the past week or so. So, I’ll list some site resources here for you in [...]

Stop the E-mail Forwarding!

A site visitor writes…. “I need a form letter I can e-mail friends and family to end forwarded jokes, etc.” Funny this e-mail was sent to me from someone who reflected absolutely no E-mail Etiquette or courtesy in contacting me. Anyhoo, no form letter is necessary. If you don’t have the nerve to tell [...]

E-mail Requires Your Full Attention!

A while back I was on KDKA News Radio in Pittsburgh discussing the forwarding of e-mails. I do these type of interviews several times each week and have a blast doing them. This interview in particular was initiated due to a big hullabaloo out there about one of the Pittsburgh Steelers coaches who “inadvertently forwarded an [...]

Is Cc: Enough to Forward to Others?

What is proper E-mail Etiquette when forwarding personal e-mails sent to you to a third party? By Cc:ing the Sender when you forward their e-mail make it “O.K.”? No it does not! That e-mail was sent to you for your eyes only! Whether it be a business or personal e-mail common courtesy would dictate [...]

E-mail Forwards Ending a Friendship?

A site visitor was curious and pondered: Here is the situation with a “friend” of mine… We sent each other Christmas cards, no phone calls or visits. My friend recently sent me an e-mail on to my private e-addy saying she thought of me often, wondered how I was doing, and was sending the e-mail [...]

Exposing Addresses in Forwards

A site visitor was curious and pondered: Hello, In forwarding emails, usually, the original message is included in the new email, including the sender’s email address, date & time.  Is there a ruling where if the recipient would like to forward that email to another, to remove the name or email address of the original sender?  [...]

Are You an Irresponsible Forwarder?

Are you an irresponsible forwarder? Do you add all your contacts to a forward without thinking if it will be of interest to each individual and whether or not they would really appreciate your forward? Do you reflect a lack of respect for your contact’s privacy by exposing all your contact’s e-mail addresses in the [...]