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ST Poll: How do you organize your email?

Posted by The wraith of oblique (aka kkuphal) Nov 19 '09, 09:35

I don't and I could use suggestions. I can't decide if I should file things by folder or use categories/tags or rely on "smart searches" just find things and file them all in a big folder or folders by user or folders by topic or argh!

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I have dozens - hundreds - of folders and sub-folders, and I keep all my mail. - Mop on iPhone Nov 19, 09:47
I deal with it right away, or flag the *really* important stuff I might need to find if it drops off the first screen, - kraken Nov 19, 09:46
With Outlook, I color-code subject lines by sender, use rules to automatically direct some mail to folder ... - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 09:45
I add the Category field to my inbox and sent. As I can, usually when I'm doing my weekly timesheet ... - zork Nov 19, 09:45
I sometimes use Gmail labels, but mostly I use the search rather than organize myself. (nm) - musubi Nov 19, 09:40
i don't -- nm - CQ Nov 19, 09:40
At work, short term I create personal folders and file things by matter name until after the deal closes. Then we have a firmwide filing system that - pmb Nov 19, 09:39
by size. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 19, 09:38
If an email is sent to me only - the type set is bigger and bold and a different color - and I have my view set to "unread" - JenBro Nov 19, 09:38 1
- oosp - typeset for who it's from I mean - not the whole email -- nm - JenBro Nov 19, 09:38
I use Google Mail labels, then search mail when I need something... - OAE Nov 19, 09:37
work or personal? - znufrii Nov 19, 09:36 4
- work -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 19, 09:39 3
  - Oh, for work. Each project get's its own folder. My email org at work sucks. - musubi Nov 19, 09:47
  - each project gets a separate folder, with additional folders for process-specific emails (that indicate a particular step in each project) - znufrii Nov 19, 09:45 1
    - and I just sort them manually into the folders once the emails are addressed -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 09:46
outlook? gmail? -- nm - zork Nov 19, 09:36 1
- outlook/work -- nm - The wraith of oblique Nov 19, 09:39
topic (plus we have MB limits on our main inbox so we have to move stuff almost right away) -- nm - Beaker Nov 19, 09:36
work, friends, family, personal business, art stuff. -- nm - loosilu Nov 19, 09:36
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only periodically - Danedukenuuk Nov 19, 09:35
"Inbox" -- nm - Shaun Nov 19, 09:35 1
- Yup. Then just sort by sender if needed (in Outlook) or search (in Gmail). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 09:40

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