Reducing Spam and Organzing emails

Do you find yourself overwhelmed by too many emails in your inbox and you are not able to find that one particular email? Or have you lately developed a feeling for dumping that old email address and creating a new account, because the old one is filled with more spam and less content? Try the following for minimizing spam and better e-organization.

1. Always open an account with only trusted internet email providers like Yahoo or Google. Many of the lesser known providers may actually sell your address to spam senders.

2. Organize your email into folders. If possible set up filters. At least the load is organized into sections so that you deal with the emails in their priority.

3. When you open your email, mark all the junk as JUNK and report the spam immediately. If you are using a good email provider, the next time the sender of the email sends another spam; it doesn’t bother you by reaching your inbox and the email lands straight in the spam folder.

4. As you as you read an email, get done with it- reply and then file it, or trash it or block the sender, but take some action.

5. From time to time, clear all your folders and especially your SENT folder. Most of the times, you get a copy of what you sent when the recipient replies.

6. If you get a lot of emails, then you may consider switching the format of your email content from HTML to plain text .This will decrease email download time and also save some space.

7. Whenever you pass your email address to someone, make sure you add the person as a contact in your email contacts ,so that the email sent by this new person doesn’t not land up in spam folder.

8. Whenever you send an eCard or an audio/video clip from a website to someone, always uncheck the box which says that you are willing to accept their promotions, offers etc.

9. Never signup for services which promise to give you the gift cards of prominent stores and in, lieu want you to signup for their partner services. Such services generate more spam and provide very less actual service.

Most important thing is to remember that replying or responding to spam generates more spam so never ever do that.