Reply to All
The “Reply to All” button is just a button，but it bsp;gee tons of unnecessary e-mails.For example，if I nd a dozen people an e-mail asking if they are available at a certain time for a meeting I should get a dozen replies and that’s it.However，if eabsp;person hits the “Reply to All” button not only do I get a dozen replies，but so does everyone el for a total of 144 messages！
I''m not saying that the “Reply to All” button should not be ud.I’m saying that it should be ud with care.
Privacy，Are You Kidding？
Stop right where you are and t aside a couple of brain cells for the following statement：there is no subsp;thing as a private e-mail.I don’t care what anybody says，states，swears or whatever，there is just no subsp;thing as private e-mail.The reason？Keep reading.
With some e-mail systems，the e-mail administrator has the ability to read any and all e-mail messages.If this is the bsp;where you are located you better hope that there is an ho and respectable person in that position.
Some panies monitor employee e-mail（I sider this one of the worst forms of sorship）.The reasons for this obtrusive behavior range from pany ma wanting to make sure urs are not wasting time on frivolous messages to making sure that pany crets are not being leaked to unauthorized sources.
E-mail software is like all software in that occasionally things go wrong.If this happens，you may end up receiving e-mail meant for another person or your e-mail may get nt to the wrong persoher way，what you thought was private is not private anymore.
Somewhere in the world there is a person（usually a hacker）who is able to read your e-mail if hebrshe tries hard enough.Of cour “Tries hard enough” is the key.It’s not that simple to read another person’s e-mail（usually）.There are（usually）curity measures in plabsp;to prevent this from happening，but no curity is one hundred pert hacker-proof.I have “usually” in parenthesis in the prior two ntenbsp;bebsp;I’m making the assumption that the personbrpersons who install and operate your e-mail system have taken the necessary precautions.Of cour，the same must also be true for the personbrpersons on the receiving end of your e-mail.
So where does this leave us.First，let me reiterate the initial statement：there is no subsp;thing as a private e-mail.Got it？Sed，don’t nd anything by e-mail that you would not want posted on the pany bulletin board.If it’s safe enough for the bulletin board，it’s safe enough for e-mail.Finally，if you are debating whether or not to nd something personal by e-mail，either deliver it by hand or nd it by snail mail.