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9/5: Email
• General considerations
• Your SLU email
• Email etiquette
Email: general considerations
• email address: [email protected]
• electronic mail vs. “snail mail”
• programs for email: Netscape Messenger, MS Outlook, Eudora
• messages reside on the server until downloaded by the user
Your SLU email
• forwarding your SLU email to another account– use Telnet.exe– directions available at http://www.slu.edu
/services/ITS/forward.html– MAIL> SET FORWARD [email protected]
• using http://mail.slu.edu
Email Etiquette
• awareness of conventions is important
• essence of email: immediacy
• remember: email is never dead…– messages are easily forwarded– messages are used as proof
• “That’s not what I meant”– think and pause before you send it– context and nuance are lost in email– easily perceived as rude, offensive, or harsh
:-)
Email Etiquette: Dos & Don’ts
• DO use email for general announcements
• DO use email to congratulate people and “quick hellos”
• DON’T use email to complain, gripe, or argue: talk in person
• DON’T use email for confidential information
:-)
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Email Etiquette: Dos & Don’ts
• DO say hello
• DO sign your name
• DON’T use all capital letters: All capitals = SHOUTING in email
• DO use emoticons or make it plain that you are joking
• DON’T leave all the headers on a message you plan to forward
:-);-):->
Hmwk #1: Email
• Email the answers to these questions to me at [email protected], with links by 9/12 class.– 1. Who won the CBS Survivor challenge? What does
he/she do for a living? Where can I find out more?– 2. Where can I find the lyrics to “Alison”, a song
performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions? Where can I find out more about the band?
– 3. What is spam (not the canned meat)? What are two ways to reduce it? Where can I find out more?
– 4. What is a popular model of PDA? Where can I buy one?
