Comments on: Virtual Paper Clutter: Organizing Your Computer

By: Marnie Doyle

Marnie Doyle — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:16:04 +0000

Great suggestions! I like the “waiting” and “decide” idea.

By: Marnie Doyle

Marnie Doyle — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:14:21 +0000

Good point about managing those useless subscriptions! I’ve been guilty of just deleting those emails because it seems like less hassle than unsubscribing.

I never thought of using the “Check All” feature – very efficient!

Thanks for the pointers, Mike.

By: Mike Mulanax

Mike Mulanax — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:59:03 +0000

I think the very First thing one needs to do when trying to manage email is to Eliminate useless subscriptions to various lists that you have signed up for. If the emails and the information contained within them is not helping you in any way, UNSUBSCRIBE!!!

I use the CHECK ALL feature for a page of emails, then quickly scan down the page, Un-checking only what I feel is important, them I hit that delete button. Whatever I haven’t un-checked, I can live without!

Sorting into folders is the way to go. I have specific author folders, followed by topic folders, ie – “affiliate marketing”, eBay, PayPal, etc.

By: Wapello Warbler

Wapello Warbler — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:13:45 +0000

Your suggestion for weeding an inbox will work as long as your are deleting more mail than you are getting. Use the search or sort feature to find all the emails from your boss, mother, etc. Once you have the important emails filtered out delete the rest or move them all into a folder called “Sort.” Once you get the box empty keep it that way. Two folders help with that: “Waiting” and “Decide.” Waiting is for things for which I am waiting for a response or delivery. Decide is for things that I haven’t decided on yet. Finally, if you use a mail program that has rule processing, learn how to use it, especially if you share a mailbox with someone.

By: MJ Doyle

MJ Doyle — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:19:27 +0000

Thanks, Kayla. I hope it helps! It definitely helps me keep my sanity!

By: Kayla

Kayla — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:44:39 +0000

Nice tips! This is something I’ve needed to do for awhile. In my recent attempts to do it, I’ve failed. Thanks for this, I’ll read through it more carefully before organizing my virtual clutter.

By: MJ Doyle

MJ Doyle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:16:41 +0000

Hi Sudeep!

It’s actually quite easy if you follow my advice above. Believe me, my head is much clearer when I open my email to a clean inbox than it was when it had 1,000 emails. One step at a time. That’s how I did it!

–MJ

By: Sudeep

Sudeep — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:29:41 +0000

Ohh we all do do not you think ? My inbox are full and really do not know how to work on it . Where to start and how to end is my question hahaha ..\
Thanks for this post and keep on writing .
Regards
Sudeep
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