{"id":18146,"date":"2013-01-23T21:22:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T02:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=18146"},"modified":"2013-01-23T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T02:22:48","slug":"email-how-it-gets-away-from-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/01\/email-how-it-gets-away-from-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Email, How it Gets Away From You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/email-how-it-gets-away-from-you\/email-at-work\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-18147\" title=\"email-at-work\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/email-at-work-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/email-at-work-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/email-at-work-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/email-at-work.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Remember, email is MAIL it has the same rules as the stuff that comes in your mailbox. Just as you don\u2019t have every advertising flyer you\u2019ve received in the last five years and birthday card from aunt Mae. Why, because you\u2019d be on Hoarders! Why should your email be different?<\/p>\n<p>I handle over 100 mails per day; my inboxes are nearly empty, why because I have rules! Just because email is sitting there on a screen doesn\u2019t mean that you don\u2019t have to manage it the same way you would any other communications. There are some easy to follow rules that most people who live and die by their inbox understand:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open your email everyday at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Read everything in your inbox<\/li>\n<li>Touch the email only <strong>once<\/strong>and decide what you\u2019re going to do with it:\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s\u00a0 junk or Spam, be ruthless\u00a0 and use the spam filter<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s important, but not right now. Add the task to your calendar or to do list, with the important details, answer the mail, either delete it or save it to a folder<\/li>\n<li>It requires immediate action, or an answer. Type the answer, and this is important, save the draft, and come back to it in 30 minutes to an hour to check if it\u2019s complete, not too brusque or just plain mean. Rewrite it anyway and then send it. Delete the original. The answer will have the whole conversation in line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know there are some people who have had to declare an email bankruptcy. Now, that\u2019s an inbox that has really gotten away from them, because they just couldn\u2019t decide what to do with each item and just saved everything, and then couldn\u2019t find things. Your inbox is not a filing cabinet!<\/p>\n<p>Empty the sent folder between every month to 3 months depending on how busy the account is.<\/p>\n<p>Empty your saved mail folders regularly and delete the folder when it\u2019s no longer needed. Things changed, things get done or problems are addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Inboxes should be on one page in one pane! When you have to go from page to page there is too much to deal with!<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I have been using Thunderbird for years, why, it does everything Outlook or Live Mail can do, but with multiple accounts\u2026 and I do have more than one!<\/p>\n<p>Another thing I\u2019ve seen in the past few months is webmail accounts getting hacked and hijacked. Well standby for harping: have a strong password. You know, the piece is still up on the site, 8-12 letters, numbers and symbols! (Capital4-7724)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember, email is MAIL it has the same rules as the stuff that comes in your mailbox. 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