Do you regularly check your bulk folder in e-mail?
By cmsk2005
@cmsk2005 (1770)
United States
June 20, 2007 2:38am CST
I always think that I wont do this anymore as this waste my time a lot. But when ever I opened my e-mail, after checking my inbox, I invariably go to the bulk folder and try to check it ASAP if something went there by mistake and then delete them. It just waste my time but I cant stop it. I dont find important mail went to bulk folder much but rarely I found some. Also these days so many unnecessary mails are comming (they always go to bulk) and it takes double time to check them. Actually more I am getting involved in online work more increase in bulk folder volume. What is your experience? Do you have some impression like that or you are totally in control?
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19 responses
@mrrtomatoe (800)
• Canada
21 Jun 07
I find that sometimes you have to because it picks out important messages that you need to read
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@yammydudes (865)
• Philippines
21 Jun 07
yes, i do regularly chek it. yahho,gmail,hotmail etc are not not so accurate that their filters are noit that to discrete. With my experience, there are some important mails that are filtered out, so i dont want to miss anything, i open it
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@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
21 Jun 07
When you have a lot sign up to different sites U will get a large number of junk mails. Mainly may be sign up for the free offers. yes the gmail is good but dont think it takes too much time to loading the main page compared tp yahoo/ But try to add all the desired mail ID to add contact then they wont be missde
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@craftwave (1338)
• United States
20 Jun 07
The only time I check the bulk box is if I'm expecting an email that might inadvertently get placed there. Most of the time I just check my inbox and then hit empty by the bulk.
@craftwave (1338)
• United States
1 Jul 07
Yeah I have all my contacts in my list already. Makes life easier keeping that updated then it is to try and sift thru a bunch of bulk mail for a contacts message.
@pramodreddy106 (17)
• India
21 Jun 07
Ya i will check my gmail spam folder regularly but i dint check my yahoo bulk mail folder....
@Mitraa (3184)
• India
21 Jun 07
Usually I check up my bulk / junk folder when I open my E-mail account. But this I do after checking up my inbox thoroughly. For me it is not wastage of time. It is a part of my responsibility towards my E-mail account. I may be deleting them regularly, but viewing it for some skipped data from inbox is a must for me. Thanks.
@kashif123456 (5)
• Pakistan
20 Jun 07
bulk mails are increasing day by day. but i only heck them when i did not find the coming mail in my inbox.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
21 Jun 07
I have had several important e-mails go to my Bulk folder so I always check it now. After I deleted them of course and had to go back and found out they had been sent to me...every now and then there is something I need in there, so I scan them all before I delete everything.
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@ackars (1942)
• India
20 Jun 07
I dont check it at all.Infact I have not checked my yahoo bulk folder for more than one and half years.I dont use yahoo that regularly too.Gmail filters all bulk messages by itself and so no need to have a look into the bulk folder.Infact,I think that Gmail dont even have a bulk folder???
@wondericequeen (7876)
• Hong Kong
20 Jun 07
Yes I do check my bulk folder whenever I check my email because sometimes I do find some important emails to go to that folder, especially those that are not on my contact list. I think I am just being safe than sorry. And it takes only one minute for me to browse through the titles and see if I need any of those. I guess I have developed this habit now and it's really hard to forget it.
@ibsnet (1268)
• India
20 Jun 07
I do also check spam folder of gmail. Sometimes some mails are marked spam which are useful, but most of the cases they are really spam. Spamming is a great problem nowaday. I delete all spams everyday after just a glance for any useful one. It is a very good practice. We should keep spam nor send any.
@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Yes but also read the reply from stribijev as you may miss some important mail passed thru the bulk folder and thats why it is necessary. But dont do like me, dont read the mails if it seems they are not interesting and dont take too much time. I am very slow person and waste time for evrything that should take few seconds I spend 1hr for that. hahah!!!
@marinarovi (1318)
• Argentina
21 Jun 07
Yes, the same happens to me... I check my bulk folder all the time (on yahoo mostly), and I often find an email or two that went there by mistake. Since I use the free yahoo mail, I have only a few filters to apply to get the mails to different folders, so I get a ton on my inbox and a ton on my bulk folder as well.
But for important mails, university and stuff, I have a different account!!! So I practically don't get any mails in my bulk folder on that one!
@crazypumpkin (501)
• Philippines
20 Jun 07
I always do. I will check if I see any familiar email address and if I don't see any I will mass delete it. I don't check individual messages anymore.
@2wicelot (2945)
•
21 Jun 07
I always check the folder of my email but only to be sure that there are no important messages that have gone in ther instead of the normal inbox. Yjere are times when some emails mysteriously wander into the bulk folder instead of inbox folder. But after making sure ther is no important email there or after removing any important email from the bulk folder, i hust delete everything else there. I wobder why and how they keep sending me all tat stuff to my bulk folder. They just don't give up do they.
@Luckykid_Rishi (424)
• India
20 Jun 07
Ya I always chk my bulk folder in email. Though I know it contains all the sh*tty stuf but rarely I find anything of my interest in that so I chk it daily and always delete almost all of the mails in my bulk. In yahoo mail I have many rubbish mails in my bulk but in gmail I don't receive any rubbish stuff in my spam folder and I think that's gud.
@b_gryl (419)
• Philippines
20 Jun 07
I regularly check my bulk folder in my e-mail, because it will be loaded with e-mails if i miss to check it. Actually, i have lots of money making programs and most of them sent e-mails to me and it goes to my bulk folder. Anytime i signup for offers the confirmation or welcome e-mails go to the bulk folder so i have to check it also.
@senthil2k (1500)
• India
20 Jun 07
Yes. I do check my bulk email folder, as I have been involed many paying sites online. Many of the mails sent by these sites often go into the Bulk email Folder. I have to check them out before clearing them, to ensure that I dont miss any of the important mails from the. Also, there is nothing in checking the Bulk mail folder for a few seconds, before deleting its content.
@mari_skye (1637)
• Philippines
20 Jun 07
Usually I would just press the empty button next to the bulk folder. Rarely do I check my bulk folder if there have been some important emails that went there by mistake. I do this when I don't have much to do.
