30th August 2001

You've mastered the "To" field in your e-mail program. "From" is automatically filled in for you when you let that puppy fly. So, what about that "Subject" line? Yeah, you usually enter whatever comes to your head at the moment. But what if whatever springs to mind is... all that you need? Well, be courteous to your recipient(s). If you can sum up your message in one sentence, do it! But be sure you let them know that you're doing it. Append {EOM} to the end of your succinct title. What does this trailing acronym mean? End of Message. Example: "Are you upgrading Windows tonight? {EOM}" Now, instead of opening a message to see some simple question or statement, your recipient(s) will be "in the know" as soon as that hits their Inbox. Another example: "I'm going home in five minutes {EOM}" Obviously, you could use symbols other than brackets (if you even used symbols at all). I would, however, encourage you to capitalize the "EOM" to make it stand out from the rest of the subject line.