No Subject?

For the most part, I don't open e-mail where the Subject: field is blank. That makes you look spammy and generally will have your e-mail end up in my Junk or Trash folder when it is misidentified as spam.

I had this happen several times the past couple of weeks and when I kindly let those who sent me the e-mails know that they should always use a Subject so they don't look spammy and have spam filters send their e-mail (to me or anyone else) to trash without being read - well, 2 of the 3 didn't appreciate my advice.

One stated: "if you were up as late as me - you would be too tired to think of a subject too..." Ohhhhh-kaaaay. If you are that tired - go to bed and e-mail folks in the morning.

The other gave me a hard time and told me that I am "too into Netiquette." Hmmm..... too late - I'm a member of Netiquette Anonymous - the group of folks who just want to help everyone be aware of how their use of technology can help or hinder them. I can't help myself!

The third was actually very nice and thanked me because they didn't know that not including a Subject could mean their e-mail got trashed. It is folks like that who keep me plugging away at this keyboard.