The Weakest Link: “Forgot Your Password?”
Assume for a moment that I wanted to access some confidential files that belonged to you. You, having at least an ounce of sense (or an IT department that ma...
What Email Filters Are, and Why You Should Use Them
Ever gotten repeating emails from a website that you just can't get rid of? If you use Gmail, would you like to be able to prevent emails from a certain addr...
Email Etiquette: Summary
This is a summary of a four-part series on email etiquette. This page is not intended to be a full guide to email etiquette: I wrote the other pages for a re...
Email Etiquette (4): Odds and Ends
This is the fourth and final part of a multi-part series. Previous posts were "Replies and Formatting," "Subjects and Attachments," and “Using the Cc and Bcc...
Email Etiquette (3): Replies and Formatting
This is part three of a multi-part series. Last week we had Part 2, "Subjects and Attachments." Part 1 was “Using the Cc and Bcc Fields.” This week I'll firs...
Email Etiquette (2): Subjects and Attachments
This is part two of a multi-part series. Last week (actually, two weeks ago) we had Part 1, "Using the Cc and Bcc Fields." This week I'll discuss choosing be...
Email Etiquette (1): Using the Cc and Bcc Fields
Many people probably simply fill in the "to" field in their emailer every time they need to send a message. But the other options are there for a reason. Whe...