1. Email Etiquettes
Need and Importance
• Email is the communication life-line
• Business today is operating globally
& with e-speed
• Most of future communication will
not be through letters& memos
2. Email Etiquettes
• Email is easy to access &easy to
use
• It’s a fast way to send & receive
information
3. Email Etiquettes
• Use curtsies
• Use Mr., Mrs., Dr., &first names
appropriately
• Tone of the message
• Use of emotions
4. Email Etiquettes
• Don’t use all upper case &lower case
letters
• Be concise
• Use correct spelling & grammar
• Wait to fill the ‘To’ field in email
address &make sure its correct
5. Email Etiquettes
• Ask before you send an attachment
• Don’t use abbreviations or acronyms
to-2
you-u
your- ur
thanks- thanx
please- plz
6. Email Etiquettes
• Have a formal email address
• Know what you want to say & what
you want to achieve
• Be media sensitive
• Emails can have a header
7. Email Etiquettes
• Do not deliver bad news through
email
• Do not use emails to debate
• Email can be a tool to share new,
complex ideas with colleagues
8. Email Etiquettes
• If you receive negative feedback or
sense frustration, don’t reply
immediately with another email
• Do not use emails for strong
opinions, emotions, political or
complex matters
9. Email Etiquettes
• Use colours, pictures, different fonts
with caution
• use jargons with caution
• Never use office Id to send hate –
mails & pornographic material
10. Email Etiquettes
• Use stationary templates to send
standard emails on a regular basis
• Reply to 3 emails can be in one
email message
• You can have instant messaging
option
11. Email Etiquettes
• You cannot get back what you have
written, emails replicate as bacteria
in a Petri dish
• ‘Extended absence’ setting can be
created for sending automatic reply
in your absence
12. Email Etiquettes
• Schedule timings to open your email
• Delete junk messages first
• After replying delete original
messages if not needed for future
refereneces