05-00

Miscellaneous Mail issues

05-01

Some E-mail ettiquette issues.

• Don't pass on personal information without permission
• Use a "quoting" character (such as >) to start lines in quoted text
• Maintain header of quoted text - we need to know WHO said what you're quoting
• Use inference and interpretation cues :-)
• Never send credit card numbers - E-mail is NOT secure
• Sign your messages and include your E-mail address at the bottom of the message. Signature blocks are a good idea, but don't get carried away
• No Spamming - Do not mass mail to people who have no interest in your message.

05-02

Some systems have an interactive text facility called "talk". To talk to someone on another system use "talk name@address" giving that person's E-mail address. That person must be currently logged in and must reply with "talk name@youraddress".

Not all systems have this facility.