Organizing Your Email

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With the large amount of email we all receive, making sure time sensitive email is read first is very important. You also want a well organized email archive so you can find important emails that you have received. This is a guide about organizing your email.

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Using Different Email Addresses to Your Advantage

I get about fifty (or more) emails a day: personals from friends and family, daily newsletters, confirmation emails and special offers, etc. Since the emails come in no particular order, I decided to organize myself concerning them. I now have three e-mail addresses.

Yes, three! One is only for friends and family, one is for newsletters and special offers, and one is for things that I want to keep. Some documents I don't want to use "Word", just in case my computer crashes. These are things like recipes, pictures, jokes, tips, and so on. Since it's internet based and the email is always available wherever I have the use of a computer.

Also, if I'm running short of time, I can check on my friends without having to muddle through all the email. I can choose to check the others later that day or even the next day. A lot less frustration is involved.

Using this system, you can basically have as many addresses as you need, the one you get from your internet service and any of the many free accounts available.

By Margaret from Denton, TX

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Organizing Emails for Yahoo Email Accounts

Yahoo has an application which, when allowed, will automatically organize your emails, set up folders, and everything else with just a click. Go to the left of email box, under Apps is this free tool. Anyone else that has other email, check the options your service provider has. They may have something similar. Thanks Yahoo.

By cj from Minot, ND

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Organizing Email

I treat email just like a paper file. I don't like to let email pile up in my inbox just like I don't like paper piling up on my desk. I make sure I file all email into one of the folders I have created. I also have a filter that automatically files email from certain people into the appropriate folder.

By Cindy

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