Your inbox is making you sick, and this book is the cure. Starting with the author's 12-step program for managing your inbox, this book is the key to recognizing your toxic e-mailing practices as habits that can broken. When you decide that you are ready for a permanent change and commit the time and effort needed, you'll prosper from the results. This book is a guide to shifting habits to take control of your inbox, your workday, and your life.
An exploration of how email is experienced, understood, and materially structured as a practice spanning our everyday domestic and work lives. Despite its many obituaries, email is not dead. As a global mode of business and personal communication, email outstrips newer technologies of online interaction; it is deeply embedded in our everyday lives. And yet—perhaps because the ubiquity of email has obscured its study—this is the first scholarly book devoted to email as a key historical, social, and commercial site of digital communication in our everyday lives. In Email and the Everyday, Esther Milne examines how email is experienced, understood, and materially structured as a practice spanning the domestic and institutional spaces of daily life. Email experiences range from the routine and banal to the surprising and shocking. Drawing on interviews and online surveys, Milne focuses on both the material and the symbolic properties of email. She maps the development of email as a technology and as an industry; considers institutional uses of email, including “bureaucratic intensity” of workplace email and the continuing vibrancy of email groups; and examines what happens when private emails end up in public archives, discussing the Enron email dataset and Hillary Clinton's infamous private server. Finally, Milne explores the creative possibilities of email, connecting eighteenth-century epistolary novels to contemporary “email novels,” discussing the vernacular expression of ASCII art and mail art, and examining email works by Carl Steadman, Miranda July, and others.
The award-winning president of the National Book Critics Circle examines the astonishing growth of email—and how it is changing our lives, not always for the better. John Freeman is one of America’s pre-eminent literary critics; now in this, his first book, he presents an elegant and erudite investigation into a technology that has revolutionized the way we work, communicate, and even think. There’s no question that email is an explosive phenomenon. The first email, developed for military use, was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The average corporate employee now receives upwards of 130 emails per day; by 2009 that number is expected to reach nearly 200. And the flood of messages is ceaseless: for increasing numbers of people, email means work now occupies home time as well as office hours. Drawing extensively on the research of linguists, behavioral scientists, cultural critics, and philosophers, Freeman examines the way email is taking a mounting toll on a variety of behavior, reducing time for leisure and contemplation, despoiling subtlety and expression in language, and separating us from each other in the unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox. He enters a plea for communication which is slower, more nuanced, and, above all, more sociable.
A guide that shows how to : understand how email works; write effective business messages; prevent viruses; develop an email policy; send secure messages; create online newsletters and discussion groups; build your emailing list; use email to promote your business; manage your email system and reduce email overload.
Guide to using E-mail, with advice on exchanging E-mail, keeping E-mail private and secure, and using all of the major E-mail software. Includes a CD-ROM with Internet software for Windows and Machintosh computers.
Discover the ultimate resource for mastering e-mail communication with “The Comprehensive Guide to E-Mail.” This detailed guide covers everything from the origins and evolution of e-mail to its future in the digital age. Chapter 1: The History of E-Mail traces e-mail’s evolution from ARPANET to modern platforms, highlighting key milestones like SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, and its adaptation amidst social media. Chapter 2: Understanding E-Mail Infrastructure explains the technical workings of e-mail, including what happens when you hit “send,” and details on SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Exchange, and security practices like encryption and SSL/TLS. Chapter 3: Setting Up Your E-Mail provides guides on choosing providers, creating accounts on platforms like Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo, and configuring e-mail on various devices. Chapter 4: E-Mail Etiquette and Best Practices focuses on writing effective e-mails, professional communication, and managing attachments. Chapter 5: Advanced E-Mail Features covers organizing inboxes, automation, and integrating e-mail with calendars and project management tools. Chapter 6: E-Mail Marketing offers insights into creating campaigns, optimizing performance, and tracking analytics. Chapter 7: E-Mail Security and Privacy teaches protection against threats like phishing and malware, and compliance with regulations like GDPR and CAN-SPAM. Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Common Issues provides solutions for undelivered e-mails and spam filters. Chapter 9: The Future of E-Mail explores emerging technologies, integration with other digital tools, and future trends. Equip yourself with the knowledge to harness the full potential of e-mail in both personal and professional settings.
Written in Office XP and packed full of useful learning features such as tasks and practice assignments, this book will help you to learn the basics of sending and receiving e-mail within the world of the internet using Outlook Express.
Offering practical, jargon-free advice, E-mail etiquette sets out to help with a wide range of essential issues, including managing your inbox, composing e-mails that hit the right note every time, responding to tricky messages, and understanding the legal implications of business e-mails. The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common mistakes and advice on how to avoid them, summaries of key points, and lists the best sources of further help.