Benton knows emails are easiest to read when they are short and to the point. In writing an email to his team to find out availability for a meeting, he writes, "Available times for Tuesday meeting:" and then lists a bunch of time slots. Then he sends the email. Is this a good idea? Yes, because readers do not like having to scroll through long emails to see everything. Yes, because readers will immediately get to the important information in the email. No$,$ emails usually have an opening, body, and closing paragraph. In this case, a call to action is especially important.