[lug] Re: E-mail etiquette

[Nate Duehr]

Rob Nagler wrote:

> 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."

Find him a recall notice on some complex device in his home that could 
burn it down -- something that's at least four pages long.

Send it to him with only this sentence:
"I saw you have one of these."

And, see if he reads it!

Sometimes the important stuff *is* smaller than the forwarded stuff.

Nate