Work · Letter 08
A modest request regarding Reply All
Fictional launch letter
Dear Duck,
A colleague replies all to every email, usually just to say thanks. Can I ask them to stop?
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Dear Recipient Number Forty-Seven,
Yes. Suggest that acknowledgments go only to the sender unless the group needs the information. Be brief and private.
Do not reply all to explain why replying all is bad. That would be an attempted fire inspection conducted with a flamethrower. If necessary, introduce a meeting on email etiquette. I am joking. We have suffered enough.
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