[lug] Re: E-mail etiquette

[Rob Nagler]

Jeffrey Haemer writes:
> It's not logical, either.  I'll skim through 20, one-page emails, but not
> slog through one, 15-page email.  If I have to read something long, I'll
> print it first.

Hilarious but true for me, esp. when there is a link I have to click
on to get the material.  In my experience, people have a link-phobia
in emails.  Due to the way I work, I invite people to groups all the
time.  That's a huge barrier for people.

OTOH, I have a friend who gets lots of emails (he's an investor) and
his policy is not to read anything that contains more forwarded
content than created content.  He says, "If someone hasn't thought
about what they are forwarding enough to write something about it, he
isn't going spend the time to read it."

Rob