Comments on: From 10000 to 0 Emails in an Inbox in 24 Hours http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:49:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Make Money Online http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4613392 Make Money Online Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:20:22 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4613392 And I am cribbing about around 500 emails in my inbox, lol. And I am cribbing about around 500 emails in my inbox, lol.

]]> By: Ginger http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4604360 Ginger Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:07:43 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4604360 I have ruthlessly stopped a lot of my email subscriptions. I totally agree with you. I have a ton of folders and file emails as necessary and delete the rest. Every Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 I go through the files and dump 99.9% of the crap I saved. My largest email time suck is scrolling through, reading and telling myself I'll go back and do something with it. When I don't and it is still hanging there in a week, I dump that with a huge click of the delete button. While I am better, I am not perfect. I happen to use Yahoo Premium mail. So far, very happy with it though I have a Gmail account. Yep, the delete button is my friend! Ginger I have ruthlessly stopped a lot of my email subscriptions. I totally agree with you. I have a ton of folders and file emails as necessary and delete the rest. Every Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 I go through the files and dump 99.9% of the crap I saved.

My largest email time suck is scrolling through, reading and telling myself I’ll go back and do something with it. When I don’t and it is still hanging there in a week, I dump that with a huge click of the delete button.

While I am better, I am not perfect. I happen to use Yahoo Premium mail. So far, very happy with it though I have a Gmail account.

Yep, the delete button is my friend!

Ginger

]]> By: Graham http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4450719 Graham Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:16:11 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4450719 Darren - I have to thank you for this article, and for putting it in your "Best Of" post. Using your technique I also reduced my 10,000 e-mail inbox to ZERO. I was using Gmail's filters, but not enough. That's fixed now. I also archived a huge amount of older mail without applying labels. At least they're searchable. So this gets me off to a good start with one of my New Year's resolutions: To keep my inbox small. Darren – I have to thank you for this article, and for putting it in your “Best Of” post. Using your technique I also reduced my 10,000 e-mail inbox to ZERO.

I was using Gmail’s filters, but not enough. That’s fixed now. I also archived a huge amount of older mail without applying labels. At least they’re searchable.

So this gets me off to a good start with one of my New Year’s resolutions: To keep my inbox small.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4449725 Anthony Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:51:23 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4449725 What I have done regards managing my email is that I held more than 4 email account, one email account what I gave to anyone or any website online. I would have one that I only give to people I know like friends, family and business associate. So if a friend sent me an email, I would get it right away and I wouldn't have to sift through news letter and junk mail... What I have done regards managing my email is that I held more than 4 email account, one email account what I gave to anyone or any website online. I would have one that I only give to people I know like friends, family and business associate. So if a friend sent me an email, I would get it right away and I wouldn’t have to sift through news letter and junk mail…

]]> By: James H http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4335478 James H Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:14:13 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4335478 What a great post! I can't wait to do this! As always, thanks so much for a great idea =) James H. Service is the Action Form of Love http://serviceafol.blogspot.com What a great post! I can’t wait to do this! As always, thanks so much for a great idea =)

James H.
Service is the Action Form of Love
http://serviceafol.blogspot.com

]]> By: Justin Wright http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4302873 Justin Wright Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:24:43 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4302873 Spending countless amounts of time on e-mail is something we all have a habit of doing. Just look at a typical day at an office. People spend most of the time in Outlook messing around with e-mails. These tips are very useful to cut back on time we spend. I just read Tim Ferriss' book and he also agrees that we spend way to much time with e-mail. Great tips! Spending countless amounts of time on e-mail is something we all have a habit of doing. Just look at a typical day at an office. People spend most of the time in Outlook messing around with e-mails.

These tips are very useful to cut back on time we spend. I just read Tim Ferriss’ book and he also agrees that we spend way to much time with e-mail.

Great tips!

]]> By: FrugalNYC http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4277305 FrugalNYC Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:34:48 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4277305 I think the Inbox Zero concept is amazing once you get it. I wrote a post here http://frugalnyc.blogspot.com/2008/10/inbox-zero-in-three-steps.html I've been doing this for about 2 months now and have been reading about it for several months, posts such as yours and lifehacker, zen habits etc... I think the Inbox Zero concept is amazing once you get it. I wrote a post here
http://frugalnyc.blogspot.com/2008/10/inbox-zero-in-three-steps.html

I’ve been doing this for about 2 months now and have been reading about it for several months, posts such as yours and lifehacker, zen habits etc…

]]> By: daretoeatapeach http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-4180795 daretoeatapeach Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:33:29 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-4180795 I have sought in the last year to overcome clutter and I find that there is just as much of it in my computer as in the physical world. Just because it skips the inbox doesn't mean that clutter can't suck time in other ways. You really shouldn't have to wade through five pages of freecycle offers or laughing squid event lists to find that email your sister sent you a week ago, that's a sure sign one is keeping stuff they should delete. If I do a google search of my gmail and find that there it is hard to find what I am looking for because it is mixed in with 200 emails from some overbearing list-serve, I take that as a sign to delete all the old messages in that folder. Then I do the first search again and it is much easier and faster to find what I am looking for. Of course, having these things automatically filtered keeps you from accidentally deleting stuff that might be important. I have sought in the last year to overcome clutter and I find that there is just as much of it in my computer as in the physical world. Just because it skips the inbox doesn’t mean that clutter can’t suck time in other ways. You really shouldn’t have to wade through five pages of freecycle offers or laughing squid event lists to find that email your sister sent you a week ago, that’s a sure sign one is keeping stuff they should delete.
If I do a google search of my gmail and find that there it is hard to find what I am looking for because it is mixed in with 200 emails from some overbearing list-serve, I take that as a sign to delete all the old messages in that folder. Then I do the first search again and it is much easier and faster to find what I am looking for. Of course, having these things automatically filtered keeps you from accidentally deleting stuff that might be important.

]]> By: Wakas Mir http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3686328 Wakas Mir Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:01:42 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3686328 Great stuff.. I moved from hotmail to gmail few months ago and never looked back. What I learnt from the experience was something similar to yours. The amount of mails I was getting reached upto a few thousand mostly being from fans of the radio crazefm.com and my other sites where I give advice etc on various issues people have. But funnily I was having issues myself with taking out time to filter out as you did. I am very satisfied with gmail like many of other kind souls here, and would obviously advice others who want to use those precious moments for something else than going manually through their "spam".. If you still not using gmail, atleast try it like Darren and others suggested.. and Good luck :) Great stuff.. I moved from hotmail to gmail few months ago and never looked back.

What I learnt from the experience was something similar to yours. The amount of mails I was getting reached upto a few thousand mostly being from fans of the radio crazefm.com and my other sites where I give advice etc on various issues people have. But funnily I was having issues myself with taking out time to filter out as you did.

I am very satisfied with gmail like many of other kind souls here, and would obviously advice others who want to use those precious moments for something else than going manually through their “spam”..

If you still not using gmail, atleast try it like Darren and others suggested.. and Good luck :)

]]> By: JD http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3667510 JD Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:38:43 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3667510 Nice work! You did in a few days, what it took me 3 months to figure out! Nice work!

You did in a few days, what it took me 3 months to figure out!

]]> By: jive http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3665292 jive Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:37:06 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3665292 Unsubscribing to newsletters works only like 50% of the time. I have one newsletter I cannot get unsubscribed to. I just have it in my filter to get deleted on arrival. Unsubscribing to newsletters works only like 50% of the time. I have one newsletter I cannot get unsubscribed to. I just have it in my filter to get deleted on arrival.

]]> By: Christian http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3635815 Christian Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:13:08 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3635815 Excellent post. You're making me salivate over Gmail. Excellent post. You’re making me salivate over Gmail.

]]> By: Chris http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3618895 Chris Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:45:02 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3618895 I am going to have to put this into action! I am getting over 5,000 e-mails a day and going insane! I am going to have to put this into action! I am getting over 5,000 e-mails a day and going insane!

]]> By: Sally Ferguson http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3453972 Sally Ferguson Tue, 27 May 2008 16:29:05 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3453972 hmmm. This gets me to thinking that it may be possible to reclaim my inbox! hmmm. This gets me to thinking that it may be possible to reclaim my inbox!

]]> By: Ryan McLean http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3318883 Ryan McLean Wed, 07 May 2008 14:12:37 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3318883 My next post will be "How to go from 1 email to 0 in 24 hours....." haha just kidding but at the moment that is all I get in my inbox per week for my blog (it's developing) but I know this will increase My next post will be
“How to go from 1 email to 0 in 24 hours…..”
haha just kidding but at the moment that is all I get in my inbox per week for my blog (it’s developing) but I know this will increase

]]> By: sigurarm http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3311557 sigurarm Tue, 06 May 2008 11:13:27 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3311557 I get over 100 mails a day and I use Mail.app All the maillist mail is automaticly filtered into folders and I visit it when I have the time. I have bunch of folders for manual sorting too. Mail that I want to keep but I want to know it has arrived. I use Mail Act-On to label mails I have to act on. And lastly I have a few Smart Folders to keep track of 1. Labeled mail 2. Mail I know will arrive and be trown away right after reading 3. Mail I want to keep an eye on for some reason or another. Every month I move everything out of the Inbox into quarterly folders, Q1.2008 etc and do sorting by name and prune once more. Smart folders still work on mails that still have been labeled. Works like a charm. I get over 100 mails a day and I use Mail.app

All the maillist mail is automaticly filtered into folders and I visit it when I have the time.

I have bunch of folders for manual sorting too. Mail that I want to keep but I want to know it has arrived.

I use Mail Act-On to label mails I have to act on.

And lastly I have a few Smart Folders to keep track of
1. Labeled mail
2. Mail I know will arrive and be trown away right after reading
3. Mail I want to keep an eye on for some reason or another.

Every month I move everything out of the Inbox into quarterly folders, Q1.2008 etc and do sorting by name and prune once more. Smart folders still work on mails that still have been labeled.

Works like a charm.

]]> By: Tom http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3305574 Tom Mon, 05 May 2008 14:04:22 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3305574 I've used the same solution: all my mail accounts forwarded on GMail, and now everything works better. Well done. I’ve used the same solution: all my mail accounts forwarded on GMail, and now everything works better. Well done.

]]> By: Joe Manna http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3209510 Joe Manna Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3209510 Congrats, Darren! I know attacking 10K e-mails in a day is a huge win. Congrats, Darren! I know attacking 10K e-mails in a day is a huge win.

]]> By: dai http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3197784 dai Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:54:43 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3197784 The filter and the thread. I love those features. Labeling is awesome. However, I am not so sure of "learning" method of spam in Gmail. The filter and the thread. I love those features. Labeling is awesome.
However, I am not so sure of “learning” method of spam in Gmail.

]]> By: kristarella http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/comment-page-3/#comment-3197759 kristarella Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:49:57 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/04/10/from-10000-to-0-emails-in-an-inbox-in-24-hours/#comment-3197759 ACDM - it seems silly to delete them all if they really are important. It is rude to delete emails that require a response, but I guess if they're weeks old they're probably not important anymore... the sender would have followed up with another email by now, if it is important they'll probably do that. ACDM – it seems silly to delete them all if they really are important. It is rude to delete emails that require a response, but I guess if they’re weeks old they’re probably not important anymore… the sender would have followed up with another email by now, if it is important they’ll probably do that.

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