Russethouse Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Just out of interest - how long do you keep your emails before you delete them? And how many do you leave in your inbox ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hi Gay!Ummm- it depends if there's important information in them like phone numbers or songs I have to rehearse that I'm too lazy to note or store elsewhere. I think I currently have about 30 in my inbox which I will eventually delete once I've finished referring to them - only to be replaced by new ones[:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 [quote user="Russethouse"]Just out of interest - how long do you keep your emails before you delete them? [/quote]I'm ruthless. I delete all regularly, apart from a monumental, still unresolved e-mail row with one sister, which leaves me with 15 every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 OMG - 30 !!![:P]I've just got down to 1100 !!!Then there are those I have 'filed'.....[8-)][8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 [quote user="Russethouse"]OMG - 30 !!![:P]I've just got down to 1100 !!!Then there are those I have 'filed'.....[8-)][8-)][/quote] LOL![:-))]Bin them, Gay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Anything I have read and do not need to act on goes immediately.Anything with information like telephone numbers is transfered immediately I open it.Things like ferry bookings with reference numbers are moved to a folder called KEEP and cut and pasted to a word document as well.Stuff I need to gather information on before I reply sits in the in box. Normally only about 15 items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 [quote user="Anton Redman"]Normally only about 15 items[/quote]There you go, that's the same as me. It's uncanny. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Email folders ? - I'm clutching at straws here.........[blink][blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 In Hotmail there is an option called 'Move To' - This shows a list of the folders you currently have plus a folder called 'NewFolder' if you type in a name for the newfolder for instance 'Bookings2008' or 'BoringHO' you can then tick and transfer the relevant Emails to that folder.Wanadoo / Orange is nearly identical 'Transfer' et 'Nouvel Dossier' from memory.Depending on how you mentally file things you may find storing a months worth of stuff or sorting by project a better way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Fear not Gay, I have 1082 mails stored in my inbox, and I've already read and deleted 30 this morning. I've then got "quite a few" more in email folders. The search facility works well, I can always find what I'm looking for, so I don't usually bother filing them away anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Oh dear[:(]Just added all mine up. I have 1147 in my inbox, and a further 1679 in various folders, giving a total of 2826! Is this a record? All are read by the way, the oldest is from April 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have 17508 emails in just ONE email folder...[blink] all read ...[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Thanks Clair, you make me feel a whole lot better[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I do only have 23 in my inbox, as all the others are tidied away, which partly answers Gay's question...[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have no emails in my Inbox. I file them in an appropriate folder, together with my replies, as soon as I've read/sent them, so they are easy to find again. I have lots of folders, i.e. "Friends", each of which has sub folders for each contact, plus one catch-all folder, "Other", for infrequent contacts.If I'm corresponding with several people on a similar topic, say dealing on Ebay, I create a sub folder in, say, "Ebay Sales" for each one, and delete these a few days later it if the deal is not completed.I use a program (Express Assist) which automatically creates a scheduled backup copy of all my Outlook Express files (I have it set to do this weekly), and allows me to access or restore any of these backed-up messages or folders at any time in the future. About once a month I delete all but the last 2 or 3 of these backups.As my system results in a rather large number of folders, once every year or so I move the current weekly OE backup to a separate folder on my Backup disc, so I don't accidently delete it. I then delete all the non active folders, plus all old messages I don't feel I need in the active folders.I set the folder views to 7, 14, or 35 days, or "View All" as seems individually appropriate, so I only see recent mail.Occasionally I find I need to refer to a deleted message, e.g. When did Fred say he would come down here?, so it's good to know I can do this quite easily.Edit. clarify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 I have been filing and deleting so I am now down to 630 in my inbox, then I'll tackle the folders - what is needed, what isn't etc, however I am thinking of trying to do more my google mail which now seems to keep emails tidy, automatically. For example I emailed a group and I see that all the replies are accessed by clicking on the original, I just scroll down and there they are........Also it gives me access to my contacts and old emails when I'm elsewhere...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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