If you receive an email with several blank lines between each line or paragraph, condense it before blasting it back out to all your email buddies. This Smart Email Tip walks you through an example of how to turn a sure-to-annoy, deleted email into an emotional powerhouse that’s possibly forwarded ten thousand times or more.
Greater than nothing.
Suppose you get a forwarded email that looks like the following, and further suppose that you want to follow its instructions and pass it on to everyone you know. How should you proceed?
>>>>
>>>>This is
>>>amazing!!!!!!
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Stop shouting!
Sometimes we receive email that looks like this:
YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ITS VARY IMPORTANT!!! THE FACTS IN THIS EMAIL ARE WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE TODAY ABOUT THE KING OF THE GOLD MONKEY COAST AND HIS INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE, SO DON’T HESITATE TO READ IT SEVERAL TIMES TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU FORWARD IT TO TEN FRIENDS FOR GOOD GOLD MONKEY LUCK…