I employ the zero inbox rule, and lately it's been a little difficult in my personal email, but professionally it's not that difficult.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In case the whole "delete stuff you don't want when you get it" idea needs more than a pull-quote's explanation, here's a <a href="http://www.goodexperience.com/reports/e-mail/email-report-goodexperience.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> i saw way too long ago about pwn1ng your email.
posted by Randall at 2008-04-20 14:41:27 
500 emails a day? really? non-spam emails? What do you do for a job?
posted by fredo at 2008-04-20 16:22:32
also, deleting 'unnecessary' items seems a bit harsh. why not just ignore them and use flags to indicate which emails you should reply to?
posted by fredo at 2008-04-20 16:40:35
Nope. Delete, delete, delete. <br /><br />
posted by Rex at 2008-04-20 16:50:33
Fredo, deleting "unnecessary" emails seems harsh? It's an email. It doesn't have feelings, it doesn't hurt when it gets deleted. ;) <br /><br /> <br /><br /> I have a number of emails that would fall into that category: thank you emails, listservs I don't have time to read, emails I am cc'd on by my staff to "keep me in the loop". I LOVE deleting them. I'm like a pgi in sh*T when I can walk into my office on Monday morning knowing that I cleaned out my inbox the night before.
posted by Alison Byrne Fields at 2008-04-20 17:57:57
I wake up in the morning, roll over, and start deleting emails. (There are girls who will verify this!)
posted by Rex at 2008-04-20 18:07:12
I consider myself fortunate then to have ever received a response
posted by MeJayne at 2008-04-20 20:03:24
The word I've heard for excessive bitching about too much email is "Spamtrum."
posted by Kurtis at 2008-04-21 14:02:30
