{"id":103,"date":"2008-12-05T07:55:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Blog\/index.php\/2008\/12\/05\/10-things-you-should-not-put-in-email\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:45:00","slug":"10-things-you-should-not-put-in-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/10-things-you-should-not-put-in-email\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Should Not Put In Email"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana;\">Elizabeth Charnock, of Cataphora, listed 10 inappropriate things you should not put in emails. 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