E-Mail Etiquette - BT EASICOM TV3 User Manual

E-mail etiquette

There are generally agreed guidelines for using
e-mail and some of the most important are listed
here.
• Always fill out the subject line on your
message to help recipients decide when
(and whether) to read your message.
• Pause before you send an e-mail you might
later regret.
• Don't type in all capital letters; YOUR
MESSAGE WILL LOOK LIKE YOU ARE
SHOUTING!
• Don't send messages you wouldn't want to be
forwarded by the recipient (at least not
without adding a "for your eyes only" note).
• Don't send confidential or secret information
such as credit card information) through non
secured e-mail.
Using smilies
Some people use smilies as a fun shorthand to
express emotions.
The notation : - ) is a "smiley".
Turn the page around and you can see a smiling
face where : is the eyes, – is the nose, ) is the
mouth. Smilies are also abbreviated as : ) or : >
Smiley Emotion
: - ) Happy
; - ) Happy winking
: - P Sticking out tongue
: - ( Unhappy
: ~ ( Crying
: - 1 Unemotional
> : - ( Very unhappy
8 - ) Wide eyed happiness
: - O Shouting
8 – O Wide eyed shouting
> 8 - ) Mad, wide eyed shouting
1 – 1 Asleep
Meaning
This was a joke
I'm pulling your leg
"Nyahh" or "Bleh"
I'm sad about this
I'm very sad about this
I'm less than thrilled
I'm upset
This surprised me
I'm yelling and upset
I'm even more upset
Now I'm really angry
Zzzzzz...
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