Be aware that e-mail can be archived and, under certain circumstances may not be secure. There are companies that consider employee e-mail to be company property and therefore subject to scrutiny. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Connecticut has enacted a law making online stalking a crime, and other states are considering similar actions.
Succinctness is characteristic of good Internet usage.
Consider the recipient's time. The university owns information systems for the use of its faculty, administration, staff and students and includes computers, computer accounts, microcomputers, printers, networks, software, electronic mail, video, telephones, telephone long distance and voice mail accounts. An e-mail account is not a license to abuse or insult people. Torts are civil wrongs or damages of persons or private property, such as libel and invasion of privacy. Net Usage Glossary Users are expected to be familiar with the material in this Net Usage Glossary.