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How do you tame e-mail?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“E-mail is the Trojan horse of office productivity,” according to Thomas Boston, an economics professor at Georgia Tech and owner of the EuQuant research firm.
Workers depend on e-mail for vital communication, but reading and transmitting them can be a drag on the work day.
What are your secrets for balancing e-mail and your own productivity? What kinds of e-mail can best be done in spoken conversation? Do you read your work e-mail when away from the office?
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By Tim
November 9, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
45% say they get more than 50 per day? 250 for a work day is a light day for me. Everyone uses large distribution lists and always replies to all.
I have a couple folders that I filter much of the email to based on sender and subject.
By tkk
November 9, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
Mail Frontier has been the best software we’ve found for filtering the spam.
By Perkle
November 9, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this
A great deal of my work comes through e-mail so I always have it up and check when one comes in unless I can tell that it isn’t anything urgent. I would much rather handle them as they come in than let them pile up and get behind. Doesn’t seem to slow my productivity any.
By Kevin McCravy
November 9, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
A friend of mine is writing a book on this topic. He’s posting the chapters on his wedsite as he writes them. Escape From EMail Hell
By Kevin McCravy
November 9, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this
A friend of mine is writing a book on this topic. He’s posting the chapters on his website as he writes them. Escape From EMail Hell