Yes, please use clear subject lines.  For, if you do not, then my poor
e-mail filters will not know to delete your for sale items.  And I will
be forced to delete them manually--utilizing time and energy that might
better be used serving our students.

Thanks,
t.

Tyson R. Land, M.A.
Program Liaison
 
The Graduate School
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-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Rebecca Cook
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [UTCSTAFF] PLEASE USE CLEAR SUBJECT LINES

Dear Fellow Raveners,

As a teacher of English composition here at UTC, I've recently realized
how important it is to spend a little time covering the rules of email
etiquette. To many of my students, email doesn't seem important and they
do not consider their audience when they compose and send emails. For
instance, I often receive emails from students, sent from a non-UTC
email account with some unfamiliar and funky email handle/name, with no
subject line, and no signature. Not only do students not bother to sign
these emails, they don't even let me know which class of mine they
attend. I'm sure other professors across campus experience this same
lack of awareness on the part of students. 

But everyday on the Raven listserv, I see evidence of this same lack of
awareness when people post emails without a clear subject line. Please,
when you post to Raven, make your subject line clear and to the point.
We are all very busy, all taking time to sift through emails, and attend
to other important matters. I love our listserv, I love it that we can
talk about things, stir up controversy, explore topics, share concerns,
send thank yous and notices of parties and yardsales, and freely put up
our for sale notices. But it irks me when there is no subject line (like
the dreaed "UTC Staff") or when the subject line just isn't clear like:
"FOR SALE." When all I see is "For Sale," I just have to open the email
because the object for sale could be the thing I've been looking for
everywhere, all of my life. I may need to buy this thing, whatever it
is. It could be the most precious object in the universe. Imagine my
dismay when it's just a coil of copper cable or a used Macintosh
computer monitor from 1985. 

Please, Everyone. Use clear subject lines.

--Rebecca Cook, UTC English
 
Rebecca Cook
UTC English Department