My advice is to keep emails short and try to focus on as few different points as possible - this will get you a much quicker response. I tend to request confir

My advice is to keep emails short and try to focus on as few different points as possible - this will get you a much quicker response. I tend to request confirmations a lot (i.e. "can you confirm x") to make sure there's a shared understanding: just because you've written something in a previous email doesn't mean the recipient actually read it.