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43 Folders does a great tutorial for effective processing of e-mail called 'Inbox Zero'. Start here with my favorite piece of advice:

Labels: e-mail, spam, success, workflow

If you've ever heard George Carlin's famous "Seven Dirty Words" you can't say on TV, you can safely avoid using all seven in your subject lines. They will definitely get you blocked. Here is a list of 100 more that you should avoid using as well:

Labels: e-mail, humor, web

I read recently that to bypass most all of the spam filters out there you should send plain text messages only and without images. How boring!

Luckily, right about the same time I learned that, I also learned about a little ascii generator. Now we're talking... !

What do you think of my new signature?

|*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*|.
|*|    __             _                
|*|   /__)  / '  __  /_|        _   _  
|*|  / ( ()()//)    (  |/)/).  ( ()//) 
|*|  
|*|  Robin Ann Peters
|*|  Photographer/Journalist/Webmaster
|*|  me@my-d-o-m-a-i-n.com
|*|  P.O. Box 14
|*|  Nashua, NH USA 03060
|*|  603.930.3970
|*| 
|*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*||*|.

Here's the Runner-up:

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::|R|o|b|i|n|-|A|n|n|.|c|o|m|::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::  Robin Ann Peters
::  Photographer/Journalist/Webmaster
::  me@my-d-o-m-a-i-n.com
::  P.O. Box 14
::  Nashua, NH USA 03060
::  603.930.3970
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

...only because it wasn't quite 'logo-ie' enough.. but now I think I'm being downright nerdy. Plus, will I really use this? I doubt it. Next distraction please!

Check out the text to ascii translator which created that logo -- maybe you'll have some fun for a little while (like me) checking out all the different ascii text creations. Use 'em in your CSS!

Labels: ascii, CSS, e-mail, no-spam, spam, web

I'm starting to like top ten lists... According to Harvard Business School, these are the righteous E-mail "commandments" we should all pray to follow... and I say hallelujah!

Then, by God, ..as the Converted E-mail Evangelist you know you have become, (and if not, *gasp!*, you better - I mean, it is Harvard speaking... hello!) ..we shall follow these rules given to us, and also preach forward! (yeh!) ..to evv-ery person (yeh oh-yeh!) ..that lays finger(s) to the keyboard (sing it sisters and brothers!) ..to follow the Harvard heavenly rules of E-communication by E-mail. (Amen!)

The Crimson have even gone the extra-mile and given us eleven! I love the driven... Now here we go:

The Eleven Commandments of E-mail
1. Use e-mail only when it's the most efficient channel for your need.
2. Never print your e-mail.
3. Send nothing over e-mail that must be error-free.
4. Never delete names from your address book.
5. Never forward chain e-mail.
6. Never send e-mail when you're furious or exhausted.
7. Don't pass on rumor or innuendo about real people.
8. Nor should you do so about companies you work for or may work for one day.
9. Never substitute e-mail for a necessary face-to-face meeting.
10. Remember this hierarchy: first the meeting, then the phone call, then the voice mail, then the e-mail.
11. Your e-mail is hackable and retrievable, and it can be used against you. Use only when absolutely necessary.

Now all of you get to church!

Labels: business, e-learning, e-mail, professional, success, web

From the Rose Garden emerges a nice javascript to confuse spam-bots. This ROT-13 code will defend against most of those evil buggers from harvesting your email address.

Labels: e-mail, javascript, no-spam, spam, web