After 2 hours my email is sorted!

I do not sort my emails out, I just read them and delete them as they come in I don't have any spam filters or any filters in there so everything goes into the same place.

I don't let me email accumulate too much or else I'll be spending forever trying to sort them out. I don't let it get beyond 2 pages, and when it starts to, then I start sorting and storing or deleting.

I always sort the email I save. I have folders for all the major things I like. That way when I want to go back to an older email it is much easier to find.

I always wanted to sort my emails, as there are more than thousands, and many are still remain unread. But, I don't think I'll be able to complete the sorting within 2 hours, there are many junk mails, subscriptions and also some emails forwarded from my friends. I plan to spend some time to do part of them slowly. It's definitely easier to find anything if the emails have been sorted nicely. ^_^

I must say that i never waited for my imbox to get too full - i only have about 200 emails in it or so. I have an individual folder for all paypal transactions (received and paid) but all the others i just keep in one place and that's my imbox.

Hey erilyn! Yup! I did that a long time ago! Now every now and then I have to go through the folders to delete what I put in them! The one that gets full is the mylot one! I don't save everything, just the emails or responses that are special or really funny or meaningful! Anway, it does get too full! The other ones I take a look at now and then and do whatever to! Right now I have 75 emails in my account from mylot to answer! That is because I wasn't really active yesterday! I was out and when I got home I just was to tired and not in the mood to do my usually responding. So now I am trying to go through them and see what I can do to make up for yesterday! If I don't finish them by tonight I will finish the rest tomorrow. I don't like to get too far behind.

I created folders for my emails a long time ago. For new email addresses I created folders for expected types of email. These folders are not permanent and I have deleted several which have become redundant. The folders were created to make life easier for me in dealing with emails as you have also found out.

I did that once and spent almost as much time as you sorting the emails but once I was done .. the next emails were easier to sort since there's a system in place ... so it was worth it .. haha .. congrats

Ho yeah... Definately because I want my stuff to be organized. I don't just do this for e-mail I do this for mostly any file or whatever needs to be sorted out. Approximate time for sorting is usually 15min - 3 hours. Depending on how big of a mess it is.