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a group in your address book. Mailing list services make lists easier to manage and you also don't have to worry about adding or removing people to a list yourself, since your members can sign themselves up and also unsubscribe themselves. Another consideration, too, is that if you create a group in your address book and don't have a way to back it up if your system crashes, your whole list will be lost. A free mail list service, such as Topica, Yahoo! Groups, or Groups@aol.com helps eliminate the possibility of your recipient list being permanantly lost. Regardless of what method you use to manage your mailing list, NEVER add ANYONE to your list without their permission. Better yet, provide them with the information on how to subscribe, and let them sign up themselves if interested. All mailing list services have strict rules against unauthorized sign-ups, and even if you send e-mails out using your address book, you could still be accused of spamming if you add someone to your list without permission, and lose your ISP account. Again, please don't risk it!

8. DON'T TOUCH THAT BUTTON!
Have any of the following ever happened to you? 1.) You send an e-mail to friend, and get back a response from someone you don't know saying they thought it was funny. 2.) A friend sends you an e-mail that's a hoax and you (and several other people) get an angry reply back from an address you don't recognize. 3.) A friend forwards an e-mail to you and several others, and someone sends everyone on the recipient list an invitation to see their website.
This is what happens when someone replies to an e-mail using the Reply All button, instead of Reply. While the Reply All button does have its uses , for the most part it shouldn't be used when replying to something your friends have sent you. If you hit Reply All, a copy of your response is sent to everyone the original message went to. Depending on what ISP you use, this could be construed as spam, so it's best to leave the Reply All button alone.

9. CLEANING UP YOUR E-MAIL
Have you ever received e-mails that appeared to be long, but when you read the message, 75% of it is headers (information showing where the e-mail came from), and only a small portion is an actual message? E-mails like this not only can be difficult to read, but also tend to convert into attachments automatically, which can be a problem for many computer users. Also, it leaves behind of trail of information about who sent the e-mail to whom, which isn't good for

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