Invest in a spam filter.

Stop your inbox clogging up with pointless emails and in some cases potentially dangerous emails by upgrading your spam filter. Contact us if you want to know more about this.

 

One of the most annoying things about e-mail is the sheer number of messages we receive that don't contain information intended for the recipient. Do you need to include everyone in the cc box? Remember a cc is there to provide information to more than one person and you should only use it for that purpose. Don't copy people in unnecessarily.

 

Write more carefully.

It vastly increases the chance that whatever it is you want to get done will get done in a single email. Be concise and clear!

 

Reduce interruptions.

Simply by changing the way your staff have their e-mail application set up, you can start to reduce some of the stress related to receiving emails continuously throughout the day.

For instance you can remove the pop-ups that alert you when you receive an email, or set up longer time intervals for updating your inbox with new mail.

 

ECDL has a training module that will help you to manage your emails more efficiently.