To date, electronic mail (e-mail) has proven to be the most widely used and beneficial personal communication tool of the Internet explosion. However, many people do not know how to make the most effective use of e-mail. Here are some tips and guidelines for using e-mail effectively. These are not laws, just suggestions. As suggestions, there may be exceptions to each of them.

E-mail clients come and e-mail clients go. These tips are not geared for any specific e-mail client. They are, instead, intended for the long-term effective use of e-mail. The technical details for setting up any given e-mail client are "left as an exercise for the interested reader."

These tips have been divided into four categories: e-mail composition, e-mail etiquette, e-mail organization, and e-mail privacy and security. Each category is presented as a list of tips and there will be some overlap in the categories. For example, handling Web page addresses in an e-mail message is in the Etiquette section but would have been appropriate in the Composition section, too.

If you would like to discuss any of these tips, contact me (via e-mail, of course) at lwallace@unf.edu.

E-mail Composition

E-mail Etiquette

E-mail Organization

E-mail Privacy and Security

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