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Did you experience these things before?
- Sending an e-mail forgetting to attach the attachment.
- Accidentally sending a blank e-mail.
- Accidentally sending a half-baked e-mail because you click the send button accidentally.
Well, I was guilty of them. It was a little embarrassing, especially if you are sending e-mail to your superior. Or if you are applying for a job forgetting to attach your resume. Please see attached file with no attachment. That will give you negative pogi points.
Now, I don’t experience these things anymore. I have learned the right way of writing an e-mail. I just learned this from experience. It should be on this order:
Attachment, Message, Recipient, Send
Attach the file first if you are sending an attachment. Then, compose the message. Then, fill up the recipient fields and click send.
With this, you’ll not miss sending the attachment because that is the first thing you will do. You will not be able to send half-baked e-mail or blank e-mail because while you’re composing, the recipient is still blank. Even if you hit that send button accidentally, it will just fail.
Just as simple as that. Make it a habit. Attachment, message, recipient, send. You’ll never embarrass yourself in an e-mail again.
That’s all.
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August 20th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
so correct, im guilty for resending emails coz i often forget the attachments. hehe
August 21st, 2009 at 7:31 am
I`ve done all 3 of those, and one extra; sending images or text to the one person on the planet I shouldn`t send it too, only because I was thinking about how bad it would be to send it to that exact person; thinking of the person, and off course entering that persons address.
A mistake I`ll never do again, I`ll tell you that much..
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Well I still have no experience of that but I don’t want to have one. =D Committing mistakes do help us learn.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
AND IF YOU’RE USING GMAIL..
THERE’S THIS NEW “UNDO SEND” FEATURE OF GMAIL, WHERE YOU CAN STILL CATCH-UP UNINTENTIONALLY SENT-CLICK MAIL FOR FIVE SECONDS.
SEE IT HERE FOR MORE DETIALS: http://keywordspeak.com/2009/03/gmails-undo-send/
thanks.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Thanks for the advise i am always guilty of this procedure
August 26th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
You should write another post just like this one, and call it “How To Embarrass Yourself In An E-mail”. Would be hilarious.
September 13th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Nice tips. Last thing I always do is type the recipient’s e-mail address. There are times before when I accidentally sent blank ones. lol. Not even half-baked. That’s very embarrassing.