If you’re like us, you use e-mail to communicate with your editors 90% of the time. But it can be hard to know how to present a professional image when no one seems to agree on the rules for e-mail. Are smileys okay? How long should a sig line be? How quickly do you need to respond to an e-mail? Should you hit “respond to all” to reply to a group message?

ITSecurity has come up with 99 rules for e-mail.  These common-sense tidbits will ensure that you enjoy snafu-less communications with your editors.

Thanks to Lifehacker. [lf]

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