An Email client can be an amazingly powerful tool. But, like most tools, there is a right way and a wrong way to use it when managing your email.
That’s why we brought the most important of these email rules together into a handy little guide:
The 30 Email Commandments:
1. Thou Shalt Read Every Message In A Thread Before Replying
2. Thou Shalt Never Forward Chain Mail
3. Thou Shalt Always Review Emails Before Sending Them
4. Remove Or Shorten Thy Email Signature For Replies
5. Thou Shalt Only Use Reply-All Where Appropriate
6. Never Shall Thou Forget To Add Attachments
7. Never Shall Thou Addist The Wrong Attachments
8. Thou Shalt Not Reply To The Wrong Person
9. Thou Shalt Never Mix Up BCC’d And CC’d Recipients
10. Always Includist A Basic Greeting
11. Thou Shalt Never Email When Angry or Drunk
12. THOU SHALT NOT EMAIL IN ALL CAPS
13. Thou Shalt Not Be Overly-Formal
14. Thou Shalt Not Be Too Casual
15. Thou Shalt Not Send Canned Responses Without Replacing Thine Dynamic Fields
16. Thou Shalt Always Check Thine Spelling
17. Thou Shalt Try To Be Brief
18. Match Thine Recipient’s Tone
19. Thou Shalt Not Break Up With Someone With An Email
20. Thou Shalt Use Emoticons Sparingly 
21. Be Friendly And Avoid Opening With “To Whom It May Concern”
22. Thou Shalt Use A Short, Simple Email Signature
23. Thou Shalt Double-Check Emails Before Sending
24. Thou Shalt Not Spend Too Much Time Managing Thine Email
25. Thou Shalt Use CC To Keep People In The Loop
26. Thou Shalt Let Recipients Know When No Reply Is Necessary
27. Be Specific With Thine Email Subject Line
28. Thou Shalt Always Use Inline Reply
29. Always Assume Thine Email Conversations Are Not Private
30. Always Include An Alternate Contact Method In Thine Vacation Auto Responders
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