[lug] Re: E-mail etiquette

[George Sexton]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> 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.
> 

I guess if the sentence were at the top he would ;)

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