How organised is your mail inbox?

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I have an archaeological method of filing my emails. See - logical is in there.

 

[Trickedem]

I just leave them in the inbox, until I run out of space, then copy them into an archive folder.
Drives my OCD obsessed colleagues mad. However I get far more emails every day than I can possibly read or process.

Email is the least effective business tool available. Answering and filing them doesn't constitute work in my opinion and my more enlightened colleagues realise this and communicate with me in different ways. E.g. talking to me

 

[Drago]

I used to keep an empty inbox at work. Anything older than 48hrs got deleted unread on the basis that it couldn't have been terribly important.

 

[Milkfloat]

I used to be an obsessive user of sub-folders and sub-sub-folders. One day I had an epiphany and realised that I was spending all my time filing away emails and still could not find them easily when I wanted to - especially when they could belong in 3 or more different folders. I now have a massive inbox and have learnt how to search and flag properly.

 

[Fnaar]

I get rid of them ASAP.
On my phone if it says that there are notifications I open them... then delete. Tidy & neat.

A work colleague had over 25,000 unopened emails on his phone

That's my approach too. At work, I used t organise them into folders ... don't bother now ... if I need something I h=just search (Outlook). But I never have unopened/unread ones for more than 30 mins or so.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Everything gets chopped when 3 months old in my various boxes.

 

[pjd57]

Delete before opening usually works for me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Currently has twenty emails in it. I find not replying to every incoming email and deleting emails either straight away or as soon as actioned works well.