Tone is difficult to discern in electronic communication. Add smiley faces when you are joking or teasing to be sure your mail will not be misinterpreted. Using all uppercase letters makes it appear as if you are shouting, so try to avoid it. Always sign your name to your electronic communication. You should never send mail that appears to be from another user, even as a joke.
Electronic mail is the sender's intellectual property.
Electronic mail is not entirely confidential. People don't sit around reading your electronic mail, but sometimes it is misaddressed and is sent to the system manager here to redistribute. Also, although he or she should not, the recipient of your mail could forward it to someone for whom it was not originally intended. Try not to write anything in e-mail that you wouldn't want another person to see. Please direct any questions about this document to Administrative Computing by calling extension 1044 or via email to admincc .