Following on from my suggestions on computer etiquette, here's some suggestions for how to improve the flow of information from email. If you do this right, maybe no-one will ever email you again. And that can only be an improvement!
Flag all emails as "!Urgent!". This will help people prioritise.
Always ask for a read receipt. People love letting you know they've received your email which you only sent them "FYI".
Whenever you receive an email, forward it to ten other people, marked "FYI". People like to be informed.
Work hard to be known among your friends (or at least your former friends) as "the one who forwards on email jokes".
Make sure you send on jokes that are as racist and sexist as possible. People feel embarrassed being told these jokes in person, but once they're encoded into Ascii they suddenly become acceptable and amusing.
If someone sends out a company-wide broadcast, click "Reply to all" when you want to ask the sender for more information.
If someone sends out a company-wide broadcast, and some idiot clicks "Reply to all" when they want to ask the sender for more information - click "Reply to all" when you point out to them what they've done.
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