New Job Etiquette: Did I do the right thing? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 12 answers

What is the best way to address a formal email to a generic alias (e.g. hr@abccompany.com, or grants@xyzfoundation.com)? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 23 answers

Does an e-mail thank-you note require a response? [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2007 - 12 answers

How might I go about com[posing a polite "reminder" email for a... forgetful recommendation-letter writer? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2007 - 8 answers

I am the unintended recipient of an email from my boss. The email contains personal information about one of my coworkers. What do I do? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2006 - 23 answers

Email.etiquette.filter - How do you all battle those annoying email relationships in which responses never come or questions you ask never get answered? Email etiquette seems to be lacking amongst many people and I have some acquaintances that send out emails, but never bother replying, or when they reply, never answer my questions or acknowledge my response. The obvious answer is to just ignore them or lower my standards, but have any of you found a method to improve the email etiquette of your friends? It can be so annoying!
posted on Feb 11, 2005 - 16 answers

Online dating diplomacy. If you decide after an email or two that you are not interested in the other person, either because the conversation is uninspiring or the pictures they send are unappealing, should you actually write to tell them "sorry, but I'm not interested?" Or is that worse than falling silent and letting the correspondence die? Some people persist if you don't respond, and ask "what's the deal? you didn't like my pic?" I honestly don't know what's the best thing to say, if anything. Honesty is not the same as full disclosure, and I just feel that random people really don't need to hear that I find them undesireable / uninteresting. I figure if I just stop writing, most people will simply write me off and move on. What do you think?
posted on Jan 31, 2005 - 38 answers

Does American real-life, i.e. (in this case) geek etiquette (as opposed to the mainstream standard), require that all e-mails, however perfunctory or informative, be answered? [More inside.]
posted on Jan 24, 2004 - 24 answers