do you delete your mails after reading in your inbox everyday

@comfort55 (1574)
India
March 18, 2008 9:58am CST
I am in the habit of deleting most of the mails, since we receive many in a day, so that I have space in my inbox for new mails(though now we have plenty of space in all the accounts). This habit was developed right from the time when less space was allotted to each person. Today while deleting I was thinking what other people do after reading their mails. I would love to know from you all.
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@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
18 Mar 08
If I didn't do a cleanup on my inbox regularly,I'd have reached my limit long ago!I don't like having to search thru pages of inbox to find something I would like to refer to again..I use the filters to sort stuff out too..
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
18 Mar 08
I agree with you Shepherdspy,its very important to cleanup the inbox regularly.
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@swirlz (3136)
• Philippines
19 Mar 08
No, I don't delete my mails after I read them. I might need to read them again sometime. I just want everything in my hands when I need them.
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
you can need anytime to read your mails. Thanx swirlz.
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
19 Mar 08
generally i delete those mails that i think i no more need. for others i just keep them there. I use gmail. it has ever increasing size. so i don't need to.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
It hardly effects the space capacity even if you dont delete the mails but by habit we tend to delete the unwanted ones.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
19 Mar 08
I always delete my mail too after reading and resaponding to them also. I hate for my mailbox to be full and backed up. I get alot of new mail daily and it would be hard to find other emails if I didn't. I get mail from alot of sites I am joined with and it is easier for me to read and delete as soon as I go through them.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
yeah stephcjh,it becomes easy to delete the mails we've read and respond to the new mails.This dog in the picture is soooo cute!
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 Mar 08
Yes. It makes it alot easier for me to keep track of things. My mail would start bouncing if my mailbox gets too full. I found this picture of the Pomeranian dog. My dog looks exactly like that. Same color and all.
@VAnnasamy (426)
• India
19 Mar 08
Yes, after reading the messages in In-box of email, I delete them completely. It is just a notification about comments by others. By doing this, I am 'welcoming' other mails. The contents can still be seen at myLot either under (1) Discussions you have started or (2) Discussions you have responded and can be replied, as deemed fit. 'del' is a very important key for computers. We use for deleting as well as booting/restarting of computers too (Con + Alt + DEL). Deleting is nothing but having better and ALTERNATE CONTROL.
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• India
20 Mar 08
Good, my ideas are accepted and ' not deleted '
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
Thanks for the information about del key on the keyboard!
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
18 Mar 08
I have the habit of deleting only spam and junk mails. Most mails I received are archived if I feel there is a need for future references. I enjoy reading past mails in my leisure time.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
18 Mar 08
Thats a great idea that you archive mails for future references.Enjoy!
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
19 Mar 08
Yes, I delete all of them. Especially the one;s in my inbox, because I only prefer to read the one's I'm interested at as much as possible. I have two e-mail service providers, the only one's I use the most is on yahoo! and that's where I usually separate the SPAM from the legit e-mails.. The other one, I could only care less because I only use it as my back-up just in-case the other one encounters a problem..
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
Thats a good idea Raijin.Thankx for your response.
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
18 Mar 08
I move a lot of the emails into folders I've created so I can deal with them later. I delete the myLot messages after I've responded to them. I don't like a lot of unhandled emails. I have yahoo mail and they really give us a lot of space so that isn't an issue. I go through my spam folder everyday and pick out the messages that somehow found their way there. If I don't go through the spam folder often, there are thousands of emails there.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
hi Whittby!you do things in an organised manner. Keep it up.Thanx for your response.
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• Malaysia
19 Mar 08
most of the time i always delete the mails that i receive after reading them. unless i still need that email for reference or whatsoever then of course i wont delete it ;) i dont like to have so much emails in my inbox though. makes it difficult to search thru the emails sometime.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
I agree with you kevsgirl, with too many mails it becomes difficult to search the important one.Thanx!
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@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
19 Mar 08
I delete most of the mails everytime after reading. Except those important mails or mail from friends or family.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
Important mails should be preserved and you are doing the right thing Lynnchua!Thankx
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• United States
18 Mar 08
Not usually. I don't know why...because I don't need but I usually let them build up (I have 840 unread and who knows how many read ones in my mail box right now). I will do a mass delete in the folders and I will spend an hour or so once every few months cleaning out my inbox. Boy, that sounds stupid when I write it...it would definitely be easier to hit the delete button right away, wouldn't it?!?
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
18 Mar 08
I've seen quite a ew people who are in the same habit as you do. Both my kids also keep their mails piling up!
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@puretor (155)
• China
20 Mar 08
I just let the mail stay in the mail box . Since i got little time to log into my mail , i don't care how many email there are in my mail box . But may be some day in the future i will delete the mails.
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
20 Mar 08
In future whenever you get time you can delete the unwanted mails.
19 Mar 08
I delete spam mail and other unimportant things,but if is something important I save it.I don`t have problem with my inbox space because I have a gmail account which has few gigs of space to store your data.
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
You can keep as many mails as you want in your gmail account.Thanks for your response modesti!
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@ruby222 (4847)
18 Mar 08
Ive left them in my inbox!! But its filling up fast so I may have to rethink the situation!!!! Its good to get them tho!!
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@comfort55 (1574)
• India
19 Mar 08
Hi Ruby!Rethink and take fast action!lol!
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• United States
20 Mar 08
I do delete some of my mails but not all. There are some I like to save and look at again. So I keep some and some I delete. But the ones I keep at some point I will delete those also.
@comfort55 (1574)
• India
20 Mar 08
Time to time I also keep on deleting the ones which I kept earlier.Thanx for your response sunshinelady.
@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
20 Mar 08
I usually delete all mails when I have read them, or done what I need to do as a result of them. some I keep a bit longer. I like to keep my in-box neet and orderly like all other things around me
@wickedangel (1636)
• Dominican Republic
20 Mar 08
I try to delete my mails but sometimes I forget and then there are hundreds of them to go through (groan). So now I have got into the habit of using one for personal stuff and another for 'work' or chatting etc. I hate having to spend about an hour going through all the emails, plus the sent ones... Don't remind me, I know, I have a lot of deleting to do soon (perhaps I'll do it tomorrow!!)