Comments on: How many emails in your inbox? http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/ Random wonderings about God and Life Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1346 rupert Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:09:15 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1346 <img src="http://www.cce.uk.net/ims/Rupert.jpg" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> My inbox may be lower, but it doesn't mean i always get round to replying to comments quickly! So sorry for the slow reply!!!!! I really agree about the system ... since reducing my inbox, the number of tasks has increased, and so has the number of reminders! But i tend to ignore them when they get too many and that rather defeeats the object!!! </FONT> Rupert
My inbox may be lower, but it doesn’t mean i always get round to replying to comments quickly! So sorry for the slow reply!!!!!

I really agree about the system … since reducing my inbox, the number of tasks has increased, and so has the number of reminders! But i tend to ignore them when they get too many and that rather defeeats the object!!!

]]> By: Neil http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1304 Neil Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:39:07 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1304 Hi Rupert, Probably the people with 500 emails in their inboxes will also be the people who either don't get round to reading your blog, or use Paul's "mass response system" ... so here's me reading it three weeks later! Seriously, in all my time in a big UK company and then several smaller outfits abroad, I have never had any training in handling or filing email. In the UK, our excellent paper files on different issues stopped around '95, after which they disintegrated into a myriad of attachments in different peoples' email systems. One issue is keeping your inbox empty in a way that suits you ... but the other is where you put it then ... creating a system so you personally can find that article a friend sent you on potting begonias last year ... and beyond the individual, to create a corporate memory in a team like the CCE office. In that respect, email tends not to encourage community - we all prefer to store our own. Neil PS I couldn't think of a different team illustration, so I must add that I have no knowledge of the office filing and assume it to be brilliant! Hi Rupert,

Probably the people with 500 emails in their inboxes will also be the people who either don’t get round to reading your blog, or use Paul’s “mass response system” … so here’s me reading it three weeks later!

Seriously, in all my time in a big UK company and then several smaller outfits abroad, I have never had any training in handling or filing email. In the UK, our excellent paper files on different issues stopped around ‘95, after which they disintegrated into a myriad of attachments in different peoples’ email systems. One issue is keeping your inbox empty in a way that suits you … but the other is where you put it then … creating a system so you personally can find that article a friend sent you on potting begonias last year … and beyond the individual, to create a corporate memory in a team like the CCE office. In that respect, email tends not to encourage community - we all prefer to store our own.

Neil

PS I couldn’t think of a different team illustration, so I must add that I have no knowledge of the office filing and assume it to be brilliant!

]]> By: lucy http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1244 lucy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:46:33 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1244 you know i lurk, so here i am...albeit a delayed response to an old thread that does not require my opinion... i thought you might be interested and surprised to learn that i have 141 in home inbox and well over 200 in work. being 'organised' does not mean filtering emails in my world. you know i lurk, so here i am…albeit a delayed response to an old thread that does not require my opinion…
i thought you might be interested and surprised to learn that i have 141 in home inbox and well over 200 in work. being ‘organised’ does not mean filtering emails in my world.

]]> By: Rupert’s Blog » Mission and Development - Part 4 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1237 Rupert’s Blog » Mission and Development - Part 4 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:59:15 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1237 [...] week was bit manic, so not much blogging going on. I have kept my emails down to 2 though! And have been finishing some counselling essays (and I thought I wouldn’t be doing any more [...] [...] week was bit manic, so not much blogging going on. I have kept my emails down to 2 though! And have been finishing some counselling essays (and I thought I wouldn’t be doing any more [...]

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1198 rupert Mon, 28 May 2007 09:01:52 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1198 <img src="http://www.cce.uk.net/ims/Rupert.jpg" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> That's been my strategy too Paul ... and i ended up with 165. Do you more than that :?: :?: :!: :?: I am now down to 2 ... but am being a bit driven about deleting / replying / filing. My administrative wife (who has always kept her inbox down to 0, just thinks it is so funny! </FONT> Rupert
That’s been my strategy too Paul … and i ended up with 165. Do you more than that :?: :?: :!: :?:
I am now down to 2 … but am being a bit driven about deleting / replying / filing.
My administrative wife (who has always kept her inbox down to 0, just thinks it is so funny!

]]> By: Paul http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1197 Paul Mon, 28 May 2007 08:22:24 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1197 no comment :oops: lol i kinda work on a mass response system - read stuff on the way in, respond immedietely if its urgent if not file it or leave it sitting in the in box and have a replying session :) no comment :oops: lol

i kinda work on a mass response system - read stuff on the way in, respond immedietely if its urgent if not file it or leave it sitting in the in box and have a replying session :)

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1193 rupert Sun, 27 May 2007 19:43:55 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1193 <img src="http://www.cce.uk.net/ims/Rupert.jpg" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> Hey everyone - thanks for the comments. I wonder if anyone is going to post a comment saying I have LOADS of emails in their main inbox? Or if it is just going to be the organised / administrative ones who will post? I am not sure i would have posted if was still stuck at 165 instead of 3 (still 3 as of Sunday evening!). Thanks for tips everyone ... Chris i especially love the idea of all the mass mailings going to separate folders ... what a great idea! I might have to set that up... And Alastair ... i know what you mean! </FONT> Rupert
Hey everyone - thanks for the comments.
I wonder if anyone is going to post a comment saying I have LOADS of emails in their main inbox? Or if it is just going to be the organised / administrative ones who will post?
I am not sure i would have posted if was still stuck at 165 instead of 3 (still 3 as of Sunday evening!).

Thanks for tips everyone … Chris i especially love the idea of all the mass mailings going to separate folders … what a great idea! I might have to set that up…

And Alastair … i know what you mean!

]]> By: Lincoln Rozelle http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1191 Lincoln Rozelle Sun, 27 May 2007 15:43:41 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1191 Maybe not that helpful right now but something to look out for. Mail in Apple's new operating system Leopard will let you turn e-mail right into to-dos (with dates and everything). It's a cool feature but will of course just move the problem somewhere else. Then you'll need to stay on top of your to-do list. Maybe not that helpful right now but something to look out for. Mail in Apple’s new operating system Leopard will let you turn e-mail right into to-dos (with dates and everything). It’s a cool feature but will of course just move the problem somewhere else. Then you’ll need to stay on top of your to-do list.

]]> By: Pastor Chris http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1189 Pastor Chris Sun, 27 May 2007 11:23:43 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1189 At this moment, i use 5 email accounts. :???: The active one has twelve in the inbox, waiting for list has 41 (time to check in with people not responding), the "to read / info" has 47, and pending has nearly 10. Another is the spam account, has over 3000. I usually, once a month go thru and delete. It's truly a junk account, but use it for myspace Two others are little used, so there is nothing in those. The final one is the one that I use for newsgroups that i read, ebay stuff, freecycle, and the like -- that still has nearly 1000 to sort thru. Most is pre-sorted into folders per newsgroup. Most times i don't read them all, just do bulk delete, other times I read some of the conversations. Writing this out, I just noticed that perhaps i have too much information. At this moment, i use 5 email accounts. :???:

The active one has twelve in the inbox, waiting for list has 41 (time to check in with people not responding), the “to read / info” has 47, and pending has nearly 10.

Another is the spam account, has over 3000. I usually, once a month go thru and delete. It’s truly a junk account, but use it for myspace

Two others are little used, so there is nothing in those.

The final one is the one that I use for newsgroups that i read, ebay stuff, freecycle, and the like — that still has nearly 1000 to sort thru. Most is pre-sorted into folders per newsgroup. Most times i don’t read them all, just do bulk delete, other times I read some of the conversations.

Writing this out, I just noticed that perhaps i have too much information.

]]> By: Alastair http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1188 Alastair Sun, 27 May 2007 09:07:47 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1188 15 unread emails, a combination of bulk emails from mailing lists that I haven't found the time to digest, and a few personal ones that are marked unread so that I notice them and reply to them (I have read them once). I can read email on my mobile phone, so that really helps as I check mail whilst sitting on the train. I do keep up with my email, but then my wife complains I spend too much time on the PC. I can't win... 15 unread emails, a combination of bulk emails from mailing lists that I haven’t found the time to digest, and a few personal ones that are marked unread so that I notice them and reply to them (I have read them once).

I can read email on my mobile phone, so that really helps as I check mail whilst sitting on the train.

I do keep up with my email, but then my wife complains I spend too much time on the PC. I can’t win…

]]> By: Duncan McFadzean http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1186 Duncan McFadzean Sun, 27 May 2007 07:26:27 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1186 2. Both read and just being kept for info. 2. Both read and just being kept for info.

]]> By: David http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1185 David Sun, 27 May 2007 03:24:57 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2007/05/26/how-many-emails-in-your-inbox/#comment-1185 :shock: Wow, I have like 5 on my personal, 5 at work, and probably 15 in my junk address, which I delete every day after I glean what I might want to read. I keep everything out as much as possible, responding and deleting as much as I can. So if you add my three accounts together (not including our ministry account which Makeesha does a good job of keeping up with) I have...20. hehe :shock:
Wow, I have like 5 on my personal, 5 at work, and probably 15 in my junk address, which I delete every day after I glean what I might want to read.
I keep everything out as much as possible, responding and deleting as much as I can.
So if you add my three accounts together (not including our ministry account which Makeesha does a good job of keeping up with) I have…20.
hehe

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