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Too many of us are slaves to our email. The volume is just crushing, and every year, the total number of emails generated keeps increasing. It’s completely out of hand. If you’re being slowly crushed by the weight of your inbox, here are a few simple tricks you can use to help get your life back.<\/p>\n
Rules, Rules, Rules<\/p>\n
Rules and Filters are your best friend. Start things off by setting up rules to better organize your email. If you’ve got friends who send you primarily cute cat pictures or bawdy jokes, set up a \u201cFun\u201d folder and route those messages there by sender ID. Then, when you get a free moment or two, all of those types of messages are in one place.<\/p>\n
Turn Off Automatic Notifications<\/strong><\/p>\n Does your email chirp, beep, or otherwise get your attention when you get a new message? If so, it’s probably a bigger time sink than you realize, because it’s the same psychology as a ringing telephone. It demands your attention right that second, even if right that second isn’t the best time. Turn these notifications off and check your email on your own terms, rather than being held captive by notifications.<\/p>\n Unroll.me<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a fantastic free service that keeps track of all the newsletters you’ve gotten signed up for, even if you don’t remember signing up for them. The idea behind the service is that rather than having to open each one up individually and find the unsubscribe links, you get a nice, simple list, with an unsubscribe button next to each item. It is a very quick way to radically reduce the size of your incoming mail stream.<\/p>\n