Cabrini College - Information Technology & Resources
Netiquette at Cabrini

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Basic rules for Net Etiquette are covered in the Acceptable Use Policy (Communications Systems User Policy ). The underlying philosophy is the Golden Rule: "Do unto others …."

Email Etiquette:
Email is both less formal than a letter and less personal than a conversation. It is difficult to strike the right balance, but commonsense and consideration for others and simple courtesy are always good places to start. Here are a few points to keep in mind.

• Email is not strictly private. With all the hackers and sniffers out there, you should think of email as a post card. Would you want the mail carrier to read your message?



• Be careful how you express yourself. The recipient does not have your facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language to aid understanding. Hence the growing vocabulary of "emoticons" to let people know when your sarcastic crack is really a "yolk". >:-{



• Everyone hates junk mail. Before you hit the send button, ask yourself how important your message is to the recipients. As a rule of thumb, consider that any mail sent to more than twenty recipients is potential "spam".



• Unsolicited mass email (spam) is contrary to the Acceptable Use Policy. Any message to the college community at large must be approved by an appropriate college officer (Director, Department Chair, Vice President, or President). For details on the mass mailing policy go to mass mailing policy .



• Anonymous mail is considered nasty, whether of the snail or electronic variety. That cute sobriquet that amuses your personal friends on your hotmail account may be totally anonymous - and annoying - to an instructor or potential employer. Choose your alias wisely, and be sure to identify yourself properly to those who need to know who you are.