E-mail netiquette
These are some guidelines to e-mail politely to professors, teaching assistants, staff members, and course mailing lists:- Before sending e-mail to ask a question, first try to find the answer yourself, using online search, through FAQs, the department or course webpage, etc.
- Do not send more than one e-mail to different people asking the same question.
- Use your student CSD e-mail address. Do not use a personal e-mail address in your correspondence with the teaching staff, mailing lists or the secretariat.
- Write a good e-mail subject. Your message may not be read if it has no subject. Make sure your subject line is specific and represents the content of your e-mail ("Question" is not specific).
- Use a proper salutation.
- Write your message and be concise.
- Indicate what your message is about and what is expected of the recipient.
- Do not forget the attachments. Ensure a proper filename.
- Sign your e-mail with your full name and student number. Do not forget to provide further contact information (phone number,...) if needed. Configure your name properly. E.g., use "name surname <login@csd.uoc.gr>" (not Killer1234 <login@csd.uoc.gr>)
- Enable spellchecking.
- Proofread your message before clicking Send.