About #4, Stupid jokes are worth the extra time because they will boost our immune system with laughter.  I guess Ninjas don't laugh.

Does this apply to becoming a Vital Votes Ninja?

I belong to a multitude of yahoo groups, health-alert types of groups, and newsletters and politcal groups of various size and flavor, I like emails.  I can dispose of them without a lifecoach, but thanks for the thought.

Kel

All good tips, but here's one that trumps them all.

When sending, replying, or forwarding an email

1.) Always send "BCC" instead of "To". This sends the email to one specific person without anybody elses address on the email. You don't know who the recipients of your email are going to forward the email to. This protects the others that you send email to.

2. Before you forward the email "BCC", always delete the previous addresses in the body of the email.

This also protects the other people that you have been emailed in a group mailing. Once you have clicked on forward, you can delete anything in the email that you don't want forwarded, but not before.

This practice (By everyone) would eliminate 90% of spam. Unfortunately a lot of people are to lazy to do this even after being informed.

While these are goods tips it all boils down to the environment you're working in, personally i check my emails quite frequently and deal with them before they pile up on me and since my environment requires quick answers and results, i have to be on the ball. I PRIORITISE my emails to achieve this...and i almost never take work home with me, physically or mentally, when i'm done i'm done that's it, unless of course there's an emergency.....

I can get several hundred emails a day - most from email lists I belong to and these are mostly health related. I have become very good at sizing up from the subject whether or not I want to read an email. A large percentage of these emails are deleted without even being opened. (I always open the Dr Mercola newsletters though).

Good practical tips for your inbox.

Mary

Thanks for your valuable information re: spam and junk mail. It does interfere with my daily stress and quality of life due to the amount of time it takes up. I will use your suggestions.

Barbara Seiple

I ran into an interesting email filtering system recently.  I sent an email and automatically received a return email asking me to just hit my reply and send.  The clever part of this system is that spammers normally send emails from accounts that cannot receive return emails.  The system does allow specific email originators to go through without this requirement.

It probably requires an autorespond capability.

Perhaps someone can give us futher details on how to set it up.

i feel a sense of accomplishment by signing in on your program Dr. Mercola....I have received a lot of your data through my son in Victoria, B.C.  I am waiting with great anticipation for what is to come for me to read, and, in some instances respond to....Thank You Dr. Mercola.....alden29

Thank you very much for this article.  I do receive 150-300 emails a day and could really relate to everything he said in his article.  As for stupid jokes and forwards, this tends to be a sticky area. People who do not receive the volume of emails a day do not understand that we simply do not have the eye power or time to go through them. If I am very busy,  I look through the list of emails, reading titles and delete selectively. Those forwards from friends etc I use the preview pane to make sure there isn't a personal message in them and then delete. That way you do not miss personal messages but save a lot of time.  thanks again. Dr Mercola - that article was EXTREMELY helpful to me!

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