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Email Charter: Respect Your Recipients[This charter was adapted from emailcharter.org, which is no longer available (as of March 2017). Thanks to https://www.kent.ac.uk/itservices/email/emailcharter.html.] We can help reverse the problems of email overload. Are you in? Be part of the solution not the problem! 1. Be brief and clear Make clear what you want. Make your email easy to read. Use a clear subject line. Short is not rude.
2. Do all recipients need this mail? Slash CCOnly CC someone who really needs this message.
3. Reduce attachmentsSend only attachments that are needed.
4. Reply only if you need to and when you need toIt's not good to reply to every email. Don't feel you need to give an instant response and don't expect to get one. If this is urgent, use phone-messages or call. 5. Spend less time on e-mailIf we all agree to spend less time doing email, we'll all get less email! Can you calendar half-days for email-free working? Have email-free evenings, weekends, holidays. Have a 'footer' that references this charter - but don't spam people with 'auto-response'. And don't forget to smell the roses.
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