In 1998, I opened my first email account. It was exciting! I subscribed to daily newsletters, email friends in high school, and shared all email that was interesting distance. I'm scared to think the total number of hours that I spent using email.
Fifteen years later, there have been many changes to the Internet. Spam comes at you left and right. Spammers are always looking for ways to find new email addresses. Some companies even share or sell your information to others. Most companies have an online presence, and want to keep in touch with you. The volume of emails can quickly become unmanageable. Now that I have a family, I want to spend more time with them and little time with e-mail as possible
Here are some tips to help you keep your email volume to a manageable level .:
- Use different email accounts. I use an email account for personal contacts. Family, close friends, and the work is all that is in my primary email account. My secondary email account for everything else. I always use the alternate email accounts for online purchases. I get phone alerts on my primary email address, but perhaps secondary check my email every few days or more.
- Use reputable companies. When shopping, I prefer a company I already use. I have my email preferences set on Amazon and Ebay, so I feel safer shopping. When I buy from a company that is new to me, I pay attention to options such as subscription to their newsletter and receive special offers. This also applies to software installation -. Attention to programs "free" by default at the installation of other software or subscribe to marketing offers
- unsubscribe if any. The companies that you do business with can provide more e-mail you want to process. When you begin to frequently see such emails daily deals sell or event notifications, ask yourself if this is a good use or a waste of your time. Deregistration is an easy process and companies should have instructions at the bottom of the email.
- Manage spam. Most email services already have anti-spam protection, but some spam slips through. If you can not identify the subject, so do not even open. If you open it and do not know the business, do not click any links in the email. Delete the email and consider blocking the address.
- Avoid the chain of emails. These are emails that make a plea for you to pass on to everyone in your address book. It is too easy to make a mass forward, and I strongly advise against it. Everyone I have ever read was undesirable that I was not interested. Now I can find these in the subject line and delete without reading it, and I politely asked my friends not to send me more.
I've never heard a person say that they do not get enough email. So control of your email, and do not let it control your time. For those of you who are trying to manage your email, what other ways have you found to e-mail, less time more enjoyable experience?
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