I get a lot of emails, I used to auto sort them into folders, but I could not keep up with the reading of them.
Here is what I did:
Make a follow-up folder, action folder and file folder.
look at your inbox and then deal with the email. Move to the folders and then schedule a time to action them. Delete them if you don’t need to do action them.
I also have some auto file rules – I don’t need to read my monthly bank statements but I need them sometimes so I have an inbound rule to file them.
unsubscribe to everything I did not read, remember when you purchased the HP printer and you registered online, that put you on a mailing list. unsubscribe to that type of thing. That cut down my email by 50%
Anything you like to read – if it is a newsletter or blog, see if they have a RRS feed and subscribe to it. That way with a smart phone you can read them when you get time.. on the train, when waiting for a meeting etc..
Feedback is alway appreciated, how do you deal with email?