{"id":359,"date":"2017-07-10T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zanavu.com\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:18:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:18:12","slug":"reducing-email-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zanavu.com\/notes\/2017\/07\/10\/reducing-email-clutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Email Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a half a dozen email inboxes which means it is important to keep the clutter down regularly to get through the mails. Here are some steps I take to reduce the clutter and keep the email life saner.<\/p>\n

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  1. Use Junk Mail or Spam Filters from the native email service provider. This reduces or at least diverts several unwanted messages to separate folders.<\/li>\n
  2. Use exclusive senders list where applicable to keep the list of trusted parties small. Periodically I review the junk mail folder to ensure I do not miss out on some mails.<\/li>\n
  3. If a mail can be dealt with in under a minute do so then and there.\n
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    1. A good chunk of mails are informational and can be deleted immediately. So removing that mail is useful.<\/li>\n
    2. Some emails require a quick reply, which when done can be removed out as well.<\/li>\n
    3. And the phone based email clients enable this quick triage well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. If a mail requires more work – reading a document, writing follow up, answering in length, then leave it in the inbox till the end of week.<\/li>\n
    5. If a mail is unanswered after the week ends, then perhaps it is worth preserving or pushing to follow up later folder.<\/li>\n
    6. Periodically find time to go through the ‘later folder’ and deal with any pending emails.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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