Maximize your email with filters.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Maximize your email with filters.

If you are greatly annoyed you by a cluttered inbox, this post is for you!

Today I'll show you how to keep your inbox clean. First by cleaning it out, then keeping it that way.

First take the time clean out your inbox. Read messages that need to be read, delete or archive ones that you've read.

Then set up filter to file different messages into different places. A filter simply searches each incoming message and decides what to do with it.

Note: Some email programs call filters by another name such as rules. Some programs may not have filters, but most should.

Where the filter feature is located on your email program varies from program to program. In Gmail it's beside the search feature and in the settings. In other programs a good place to check is the tools or setting area in your email program. If you can't find it check the help area.

Now once you found the filter feature. Set up a few to organize incoming mail. Setting up a filter is fairly strait forward once you get started. Again this depends on the program you use. Fiddle with the settings to your liking.

Your goal is to make at least three filters.