Comments on: How to Get Control Over Your E-Mail Inbox http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html The Web's Most Popular Newsletter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:44:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Garfield Lewis http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2399 Garfield Lewis Tue, 19 May 2009 03:09:43 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2399 I have learned to skip most of the "content" in most emails-i.e.-ETR as they are just more sales copy. ETR when it first started had many informative short items, now it seems it is over 50% sales leads for other things/email subscriptions. It is turning into just more junk mail !! I have learned to skip most of the “content” in most emails-i.e.-ETR as they are just more sales copy. ETR when it first started had many informative short items, now it seems it is over 50% sales leads for other things/email subscriptions. It is turning into just more junk mail !!

]]> By: Arlene Duncan http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2397 Arlene Duncan Mon, 18 May 2009 15:38:09 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2397 All these e-mails drive me to drink. Heres what I do. I zap them all out, anything dated yesterday or earlier. I do not go to my computer every day or if I do, it is only to certain favorites. Computers are fascinating, and they will enslave you. I need some time to call my own. All these e-mails drive me to drink. Heres what I do. I zap them all out, anything dated yesterday or earlier. I do not go to my computer every day or if I do, it is only to certain favorites. Computers are fascinating, and they will enslave you. I need some time to call my own.

]]> By: Melanie http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2383 Melanie Fri, 15 May 2009 23:43:39 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2383 Hi, this was a great article and I recently received an email with similar information from Tracy Repchuk. You two might want to get together and write a book about this! I wake up to over 300 emails each morning and 80% of them are from marketers trying to sell me something. The other 10% are from marketers offering free seminars and books and the last 10% are personal. It sometimes takes me 3 hours upon wakening just to go through and delete, read or file the email. I am going to start going through and unsubscribing from many of them, especially the ones who just try to sell me stuff and never offer anything free, not even free information. I think more people should be aware of this and come up with easier solutions because it would take me all day to sit and open and unsubscribe from each email. Today I told myself to just unsubscribe from one person each day so it isn't overwhelming. I don't remember signing up to half of these things in the first place! Although there are many people out there who do offer a lot of great free things like information, books, seminars. Those people I will stay subscribed to. Thank you for this article, the more people who write about it, the more aware I become about realizing the need to do something about it! Thank you, Melanie Vertalino Hi, this was a great article and I recently received an email with similar information from Tracy Repchuk. You two might want to get together and write a book about this! I wake up to over 300 emails each morning and 80% of them are from marketers trying to sell me something. The other 10% are from marketers offering free seminars and books and the last 10% are personal. It sometimes takes me 3 hours upon wakening just to go through and delete, read or file the email. I am going to start going through and unsubscribing from many of them, especially the ones who just try to sell me stuff and never offer anything free, not even free information. I think more people should be aware of this and come up with easier solutions because it would take me all day to sit and open and unsubscribe from each email. Today I told myself to just unsubscribe from one person each day so it isn’t overwhelming. I don’t remember signing up to half of these things in the first place! Although there are many people out there who do offer a lot of great free things like information, books, seminars. Those people I will stay subscribed to. Thank you for this article, the more people who write about it, the more aware I become about realizing the need to do something about it!

Thank you,
Melanie Vertalino

]]> By: CHUCK ADKINS http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2382 CHUCK ADKINS Fri, 15 May 2009 19:10:49 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2382 I SKIM THROUGH THEM AND THEN DELETE. I SKIM THROUGH THEM AND THEN DELETE.

]]> By: Multifunction Printers http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2378 Multifunction Printers Fri, 15 May 2009 04:58:42 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2378 Hi there, it was great reading the posts submitted by you. I am the IT team leader of my company. Your posts convinced me to purchase a multi-function printer. It really has helped me a lot. Thanks Hi there, it was great reading the posts submitted by you. I am the IT team leader of my company. Your posts convinced me to purchase a multi-function printer. It really has helped me a lot. Thanks

]]> By: Jeff Greenwood http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2376 Jeff Greenwood Thu, 14 May 2009 22:30:20 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2376 I get roughly 80-100 emails a day from sites that although are not directly related to my work, I still have an interest in, i.e.: political, financial, health, etc. Unless I have an immediate (within 24 hours) need for that type of information, I simply send the email to a corresponding folder. When I do have a need for a particular type of information I just go to the folder and scan the subject lines to determine which is relevant.Prior to doing this I would waste about two hours of my mornings digesting information that was important, but of no immediate use. I get roughly 80-100 emails a day from sites that although are not directly related to my work, I still have an interest in, i.e.: political, financial, health, etc. Unless I have an immediate (within 24 hours) need for that type of information, I simply send the email to a corresponding folder. When I do have a need for a particular type of information I just go to the folder and scan the subject lines to determine which is relevant.Prior to doing this I would waste about two hours of my mornings digesting information that was important, but of no immediate use.

]]> By: Timothy McMahon, Editor InflationData.com http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2374 Timothy McMahon, Editor InflationData.com Thu, 14 May 2009 21:02:26 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2374 I receive several hundred emails a day but I only open a dozen or so. I scan the "from" column, combined with the "Subject" line and open only the important or interesting ones. I also avoid T.V. like the plague, only getting the news I need (online) rather than being bombarded by the trash, negativity and sensationalism of television. I receive several hundred emails a day but I only open a dozen or so. I scan the “from” column, combined with the “Subject” line and open only the important or interesting ones. I also avoid T.V. like the plague, only getting the news I need (online) rather than being bombarded by the trash, negativity and sensationalism of television.

]]> By: Amy http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2373 Amy Thu, 14 May 2009 17:36:58 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2373 Hey--I have cats. I know cats. I AM a cat. Stretching like a cat works. Hey–I have cats. I know cats. I AM a cat. Stretching like a cat works.

]]> By: Conrad Hall http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2372 Conrad Hall Thu, 14 May 2009 17:34:35 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2372 Hi Michael, You make good and useful points. And you're right, it isn't the first time you've made them. My e-mail actually gets opened three times each day. At 9:30 am - to look at e-mails specifically from clients I do editing for. Anyone sending me material for editing knows I work on it in the morning. Again at 3:30 pm - to look at any other e-mails from clients. Finally at 8:00 pm - to pick out which newsletters look promising. I do exactly what you suggest - I scroll through the newsletters to find one (maybe two) that I'll take the time to read. There are two other things I do that readers might find helpful. First is to disable the automatic Send/Receive in Outlook. It used to bug me constantly that the program was pulling in new e-mails while I was working. And I only have it open for short periods of time! And second, at the end of the day I mark all the newsletters as read. That keeps the big, bold number from climbing next to that folder. Anything I want to "remember" gets marked with a flag. (Outlook offers 6 or 7 different flag colours.) I use the flags because the newsletter folder gets emptied once a month. My strategy is a little different from yours, but I bet they both help us get more done in a day. Sincerely, Conrad Hall Hi Michael,

You make good and useful points. And you’re right, it isn’t the first time you’ve made them.

My e-mail actually gets opened three times each day.

At 9:30 am – to look at e-mails specifically from clients I do editing for. Anyone sending me material for editing knows I work on it in the morning.

Again at 3:30 pm – to look at any other e-mails from clients.

Finally at 8:00 pm – to pick out which newsletters look promising. I do exactly what you suggest – I scroll through the newsletters to find one (maybe two) that I’ll take the time to read.

There are two other things I do that readers might find helpful.

First is to disable the automatic Send/Receive in Outlook. It used to bug me constantly that the program was pulling in new e-mails while I was working.

And I only have it open for short periods of time!

And second, at the end of the day I mark all the newsletters as read. That keeps the big, bold number from climbing next to that folder.

Anything I want to “remember” gets marked with a flag. (Outlook offers 6 or 7 different flag colours.) I use the flags because the newsletter folder gets emptied once a month.

My strategy is a little different from yours, but I bet they both help us get more done in a day.

Sincerely,
Conrad Hall

]]> By: Wolf Halton http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/05/14/how-to-get-control-over-your-e-mail-inbox.html/comment-page-1#comment-2371 Wolf Halton Thu, 14 May 2009 16:56:52 +0000 http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=7209#comment-2371 I have put myself on a fairly rigid email-only-the-hour-before-clocking-out diet. I had realized that if I gave myself all the time I wanted, I would take 2 hours every morning to read email. One surprising thing was that the 2-hour period was the same, whether I read email every day or every other day. Every-other meant that I could delete more faster because the "immediate crisis requiring response" had essentially not come to pass. Yesterday's news can't even be used to wrap fish when it comes at us digitally. I have put myself on a fairly rigid email-only-the-hour-before-clocking-out diet. I had realized that if I gave myself all the time I wanted, I would take 2 hours every morning to read email. One surprising thing was that the 2-hour period was the same, whether I read email every day or every other day. Every-other meant that I could delete more faster because the “immediate crisis requiring response” had essentially not come to pass. Yesterday’s news can’t even be used to wrap fish when it comes at us digitally.

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