I like to keep things clean and tidy—even my email. You may not care what your inbox fills up with or how many unread emails are sitting in there, but in case you’re curious, here is what I’ve done to limit my time with email to a minimum.
Filter the Bacn
While Spam is unsolicited email that most filters do a pretty good job of keeping out of your inbox, Bacn is all the mail you signed up for—but don’t really want to read—that lingers in the inbox taking up your precious time. Even if you don’t read these emails, you have to delete them each time or skim through them every time you’re reading your emails.
Save yourself the trouble, and filter these messages out of your inbox. Marking them as Spam will remove them from your sight, but by filtering these emails, you’ll still be able to find them when you’ve reset your password or the like to even the rarely visited sites you’re signed up with.
I’ve been heavily filtering these emails for a couple months now, and I’ve seen a huge improvement with the time I spend in the inbox. I have over 6 email addresses pointing to the same inbox, yet I don’t feel like I always have to check my email because it no longer appears as though I’m getting new mail. Everything from 1-800 Flowers to Blue Star Jets is out of sight and mind until I need it (which has been never since I’ve set up the filter). Read More