Having a clean inbox is a great way to stay organized, wouldn’t you agree? Imagine if you opened your email only to get blasted with tons and tons of junk mail. How would you get to the really important emails then? I feel like many of us have this problem, It adds to our digital clutter, and it makes us stressed without us realizing it. Keeping our emails clean also makes us feel good because we accomplished a task. Keeping every aspect of your life clean, And clutter free is important.
Every day, spammers send well over a billion spam emails. If you are not careful, you can end up receiving a good chunk of them. Here are several ways you can keep your email organized, and avoid getting spam-bombed by every spammer out there.
- Come Up With Rules, Labels, and Filters
Almost every email vendor out there has some mechanism that allows you to develop labels, rules or filters on your account. All these allow you to organize incoming email neatly pre-designated folders. Take advantage of these features to sort out your emails into specific categories. Gmail already comes pre-equipped with labels that categorize social emails and promotional emails, separating it from other incoming mail.
Tip
For your rules, you can separate important email from the rest, and set them in their separate folder. Highlight and select individual important email addresses so that emails from these addresses always end up in the important folder.
-Delete
Never be afraid to delete emails. After reading an email, you should immediately decide what to do with that email. If it is not of any importance, delete it. If you want to refer to it at a later date, you can archive it. Since not every email calls for a response, delete most emails you do not need in the future. Doing so de-clutters your inbox.
- Come Up With Canned Responses
If you find yourself replying to several emails using the same message over and over again, create a list of these common replies. Then write the reply somewhere else on your computer, and you can copy paste it whenever you need it. You can even use Evernote for this one!
- Avoid Exposing Your Email Address
Posting your email address in public places is a great way of inviting spammers. There are millions of bots scour the internet for email addresses. Once these bots find your email, they give it to their spam masters who will then nuke your email with junk mail. Some people get hit so hard that they have to open a new email. Also, unsubscribe to those emails that you no longer need. That way they don't waste your time everyday when you have to delete all of them.
- Avoid Subscribing On Every Website
If you don’t need to subscribe to a website, don’t. Most of the times you’re tempted by offers on these sites, but you should always resist. These tempting offers are lures to give out your email. When you do, expect unsolicited emails every day of the week. IF you decide to subscribe be sure to unsubscribe when the articles no longer have interest for you.