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Sree's Thoughts on Too Much E-mail!
 Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002

For those of who use e-mail, it's becoming tougher to keep up with all the messages that come our way. And with two million
more Americans coming online each month, you can expect it to keep get worse. Here's how to keep from drowning in the e-mail (I get 500 a day!).

LEARN E-MAIL PROGRAM FEATURES: Your e-mail program should have features that will help you manage the flood better. Spend some time learning them.

DEAL WITH A MESSAGE ONCE: If you keep a message around to "deal with it later" -- it will just hang around, adding to your clutter. Reply to it or forward it or delete it. Just do something.

CREATE FOLDERS: These will help you prioritize your mail. Create a "To Do" folder, for instance. Or "Urgent." Keep your inbox (or main folder) as clean as possible.

CREATE AN AUTO-REPLY MESSAGE: Very useful when you are on vacation.

USE THE DELETE KEY: Sounds obvious, but not enough people do it. And the best advice I ever read was from Web pioneer Guy Kawasaki: If you have more than 300 messages in your inbox or messages that are more than two months old delete them. If they were important, you will hear from the sender again.

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