If you sent non-urgent external emails today, you made your firm look bad

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Yes, but also internal. I spent the whole day drafting a brief and only sent an email responding to a meeting request for tomorrow. We need to normalize email courtesy. The delay delivery feature is the answer for those that work off hours.

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It should be on your options tab in outlook.

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Why only external?

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Those too, but you’re more so just making yourself look bad and not your whole firm

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Funny how I only heard from opposing counsel and obnoxious clients today.

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