Avoid e-mail sender’s remorse.

Who hasn’t had second thoughts after sending an e-mail? Either you get that sinking feeling because you sent something to the wrong person, or what you sent to the right person was wrong. Sender’s remorse can be avoided with these top tips.
1. Address the e-mail last – Go ahead and write that e-mail. Just start with the content and make the e-mail address the last item you type in. You can’t successfully send without the address, and you have a few more moments to consider that the information is correct, and going to the correct person.
2. Do not rely on the pre-population feature – The larger your e-mail address book becomes, the easier it is to send the wrong e-mail to the wrong person. Make it a habit to type in the whole address, and not rely on the pre-population feature.
3. E-mail to one, not all – When responding to an e-mail, respond just to the sender, not the whole group.

- Amy Biemiller

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