E-mail
Audience:
Micron Employees
Purpose:
To communicate important information to other employees or to the company-wide
audience. E-mails can also be sent to anyone with e-mail access through a computer
or pocket pc.
Author:
Micron Employees
Delivery: Online
Example: 
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an example of an email
Comment: E-mail is one of the most popular forms of business communication and is used
heavily at Micron. More than 200,000 e-mails are exchanged each day at Micron.
E-mail is becoming one of the most effective and efficient methods to communicate
because it can reach its intended audience on short notice. And that audience
can be a single individual, a group, or the whole company at once. It can be
used within a company or sent over the Internet to anywhere in the world.
There are certain "rules of etiquette" for writing e-mails. One rule
is that you need to communicate the message using clear and concise language.
While e-mails are often an informal form of communication similar to conversation,
it's important to remember that innuendos, humor, and sarcasm are not conveyed
well electronically and should be avoided.
The spell-checking feature helps correct errors and typos, but careful proofreading
is required to make sure that you say exactly what you mean to say. It’s important
to realize that your intended audience can forward your e-mail. In other words,
anyone may see what you have written, making content and editing even more critical!
Most e-mail programs allow text formatting such as bold, italics, and different
fonts and colors. E-mails are also a great way to send attachments--documents
or images--to someone rather than trying to "snail-mail" a floppy disk.