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by 0j 2518 days ago
I like and follow most of this, but the most important topic is missing: use meaningful subjects! I don't want any "Re: Re: Re: Fw: Re: issue..." emails in my inbox. Especially if I later want to find some specific email.
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This. As an anti-spam measure (that worked flawlessly so far), instead of putting an email address on my website, I have my website send an email to people with the "From" address set to my address. The subject is something like "To reach me, just reply to this email!"

A bunch of people used it, but not a single one managed to change the subject line to describe what their email is actually about. Not one.

Well, maybe you should add: ... and change the subject :)
It's no biggie and sure I can change it to "change this", it's just odd to me that nobody sets the subject line.