It has been several years since email unofficially surpassed all previous forms of communication. Yet our levels of professionalism and manners when communicating via email seem to be on the decline. Perhaps this can be attributed to the popularity of texting where short and quick rules or to the rise of twitter where discussions are limited to 140 characters. 

However, I think it's high time we see a return of etiquette in the written conversations we conduct through email. While short and to the point emails will always have their place, let's remember these view basic rules for all of those other times.