Comments on: minimalizing my inbox http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2009/06/16/minimalizing-my-inbox/ simplify life. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Meg from FruWiki http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2009/06/16/minimalizing-my-inbox/comment-page-1/#comment-8390 Meg from FruWiki Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:20:54 +0000 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/?p=1010#comment-8390 I've been trying to keep my inbox empty -- and mostly succeeding. I gave up categorizing most stuff years ago. I usually just archive stuff (even have an "Archive" folder in my Yahoo mail, lol) and maybe star it if I still need to do something with it. I tried adding my starred things to my to-do list, but really the simple starred list works just fine for me. One good thing is that I don't get too many emails. I've unsubscribed from a lot of junk, and used filters to delete or archive stuff I don't need to read. And, fortunately, Gmail has a pretty smart spam filter. Until recently, I didn't get real spam as I kept my email address rather private, but some idiot whom I trusted my email with started sending forwards to everyone in their inbox without even using the BCC line. Everyone's email was now visible to everyone else on the list and everyone they sent the stupid forward, too, as well as any viruses on any of their computers. A few days later I was getting emails asking me if I wanted to enlarge genitalia I don't even have. Did I mention how much I hate it when people forward junk to multiple addresses? I’ve been trying to keep my inbox empty — and mostly succeeding. I gave up categorizing most stuff years ago. I usually just archive stuff (even have an “Archive” folder in my Yahoo mail, lol) and maybe star it if I still need to do something with it. I tried adding my starred things to my to-do list, but really the simple starred list works just fine for me.

One good thing is that I don’t get too many emails. I’ve unsubscribed from a lot of junk, and used filters to delete or archive stuff I don’t need to read. And, fortunately, Gmail has a pretty smart spam filter.

Until recently, I didn’t get real spam as I kept my email address rather private, but some idiot whom I trusted my email with started sending forwards to everyone in their inbox without even using the BCC line. Everyone’s email was now visible to everyone else on the list and everyone they sent the stupid forward, too, as well as any viruses on any of their computers. A few days later I was getting emails asking me if I wanted to enlarge genitalia I don’t even have. Did I mention how much I hate it when people forward junk to multiple addresses?

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