You should improve the email you send

You write email, maybe even a lot of email. Do you do that well though? If you want to be better at writing email, just do what is written on this page: Email etiquette.

The people who wrote the short hints/guidelines in the link above built the Linux Kernel¹⁾ while communicating nearly exclusively through email. I’m confident they have figured out a good set of rules to reduce confusion and improve efficiency through written communication²⁾.

After reading the pages linked above, your email will look like this

It might look messy if you didn't take the time to read the Email etiquette but if you did, the bricks will fall into place.

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The linux kernel is at the core of every service that we use on the internet, android phone, airplane, etc. It’s one of the most complicated and important tools humanity uses.

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Examples of some of the Linux Kernel Mailing List from 2005, example1. Another example with no code from 2025, example2 (that one is spicy, with spicy responses).