Email chal

Ya i got motivated and wrote to much.

Debbie’s surprise Challenge

Stephen Weir

I think the save out inbox rules would be a good step forward if everyone actually agreed to them but the main problem I see with these rules would be no one following them sure maybe for a few weeks people would concisely make an effort to improve and follow them but I see people going back to old habits very quickly. There’s not really much of a personal deterrent to not following them

I personally agree that this would be great,

1 & 2) Respect Time – I like this rule as I have spent a lot of time reading an email only to have the actual main purpose of the email at the very end. And also people have started using shorthand in there emails which sometimes makes it hard to understand what they are trying to say.

3) I have got a lot of emails with no subject line or something very undisruptive so as I am wasting time reading an unimportant email I may be missing something crucial so have a good short descriptive subject line would be best.

5) i have seen this countless times people being cc’ed on things than people replying all and everyone being able to see their private conversation. It forces people to have to open and read and also cause much confusion as to if this information is important. So less reply all would be a very good thing.

7)I actually don’t fully agree to this one, Having attachments keeps the email much cleaner and less cluttered and most business have internet speed fast enough to easily open attachments and if the emails has a description of attachment importance than that should tell you whether it’s something that needs to be opened. I personally dislike large or medium sized text documents in an email.

8) These small little acronyms would be a great addition to email and internet lingo but I also see an initial problem with people knowing what they stand for but after that initial confusion I see them as being very helpful.

9) I also see a problem with this problem if I think an email is going to take more than 2 or 3 replies I find the best solution is a phone call ,visiting them if there close by or started a text based chat conversation this options often take less time and are clearer than random emails maybe days apart.

10) This would be great idea but if people are like me than spending more than an hour away from my computer or checking my email is like an eternity. Even if I know for sure I’m not going to get email I still feel the urge to check it.