How to Use EOM in Messages

Simply add EOM at the end of a subject, with or without parentheses. Try to keep the total character count to fewer than 40 characters to make sure that the last three letters will fit nicely.

If you include EOM at the end of an email’s subject line (and the recipient knows what it means), they don’t have to worry about opening the message to read anything in the body. EOM quickly explains that the entire message is in the subject line.

A relatively recent use of EOM was in ASCII, the language of computers. Derived from Morse code, ASCII included EOM as a control character. Morse code for EOM is di-dah-di-dah-dit.

Pros and Cons of Using EOM

The advantages of using EOM in your emails might not be seen immediately but there are definitely measurable benefits: