When you use email, you should remember your manners.

• Check your e-mail on a regular basis.  Don't let it pile up unread.  It is rude if you do not get back to people when they have asked you something.
  
  
• Fill in the subject line of your email messages!  It lets people know what the email is about before they read it.
  
  
• Make sure your email message is going to the person you think it is! Check the address!
  
  
• Email is NEVER private. Always make sure anything you say could be read by Miss Currie (and be careful, it probably will be) or Mr Hornby, or your mum or dad!
  
  
• Read your email through before you send it to make sure the person who gets it won't find it sounds rude or abrupt. Always be polite with the way you say things. You can use emoticons if you want to show someone how you feel.
  
  
• Always sign your email so the receiver knows who it came from.
  
  
• Never use all capitals - it is considered to be SHOUTING.
  
  
• Keep your email messages short.
  
  
• Don't forward emails to everyone you know (even if it asks you to). Any email that says you should pass it on to everyone you know, especially if they say something bad will happen if you don't, is a chain letter. Chain letters are scams, and a waste of everyone's time. You should always throw paper ones in the bin, and email ones in the trash.
  
  
• Never EVER say anything nasty or bullying in an email. An email stays on a computer forever, and can be found and read years later, even if you trashed it and emptied the trash. Plenty of grownups have got into trouble saying silly things on emails - don't fall into the same trap.
  
  
• Don't tell people you only know on the internet through chat rooms or email what your phone number is, or your address, and don't ever agree to meet them. If someone asks you these things, you should always think - oh, oh, warning bells, and tell your mum or dad straight away. The internet is full of grownups who pretend to be another kid, and you could find yourself in real trouble. Your parents should know your friends, and where they live. Secret friends are a BAD idea.