Comments on: How fat was my Outlook

By: Guy Farmm, bridgeport, ct

Guy Farmm, bridgeport, ct — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:43:36 +0000

MSFT Sucks, switch to the GOOG

By: Bing

Bing — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:31:21 +0000

“Panic is the new reality.” I like that, Steve.

By: Bob, New York, NY

Bob, New York, NY — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:18:51 +0000

That’s what people in the industry call “inbox triage” — you might want to set up filters too.

By: Bob Shelby Twp. Mi.

Bob Shelby Twp. Mi. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:25:04 +0000

Stan, The e-mail fascination goes on and on and on. E-mails are not wealth entitlement, or any measure of wealth.

You’re looking to let the waist line out with more kilo bytes, when in fact, you should want to tuck it in.

If you keep letting your waist band out, you’ll turn into a bubble.

Follow the “Lean Plan” dump the “Greed Plan”.

The current “Education Bubble” has lost its pizzazz. What is education seemingly used for today; a “Tool” or a “Weapon”?

Spam is a creation “High Tech” gone sour.

By: Sales Geek, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Sales Geek, Winston-Salem, North Carolina — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:07:10 +0000

Stanley, I feel your pain. This is a beast I fight weekly but a few tips can go a long way.

First, learn to create filters. Sure, you have a lot of folks sending you mail but only a few of them are “must read” and make sure they’re flagged and moved into one place so you can read them quickly without searching. This has helped me a lot.

By the same token, there are serial offenders who email you half the internet and never have figured out the concept of a “link” that just points to some large file. Filters can help there, too.

You’re doing the right thing by working your mailbox as a discipline. Just learn to set up a few things that your mailbox can do automatically (like filter large emails) and you’ll be there.

Good Luck! Love the column.

By: Greg Smith Columbus, OH

Greg Smith Columbus, OH — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:41:50 +0000

I used to always lobby my system administrator for more space. Extensively, lobby, and apparently, drinks and steaks don’t carry much weight in IT anymore, this isn’t your parents system admin. Note to self trial B, coffee and tofu, keep the Dungeons and Dragons powers in reserve. And for a time I was at the forefront of activism. “United we Stand,Down with Oz, and Stop the Oppression,” were phrases I recall shouting in front of the IT room door. In reality I think I am in the third stage of grief, bargaining. What does every employee want when they get stuck in the churn? After contemplating this for some time, it came to me real estate, we all want more real estate. Resigned to my fate, Manhattan office space was then traded for 2 teras. And that is how the Great Land War of 2008 ended. Manifest Destiny lives on.

By: Bing

Bing — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:25:27 +0000

I don’t see it as few comments. I believe that people chose to read it and comment to themselves.

By: Luis Oliveira, São Paulo, Brazil

Luis Oliveira, São Paulo, Brazil — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:27:12 +0000

Funny this post attracted so little comments, There is actually a real subculture going on how to tame the e-mail beast (really part of the procastination beast). I could pointo you the several people that could actualy help, such as David Allen’s GTD and Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders, but I guess you are not particularly interested.

You should, though, as this a real problem.

By: Yadgyu, Harkeyville, TX

Yadgyu, Harkeyville, TX — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:26:49 +0000

People only email items that are not essential to business.

This is why I only read email on Friday afternoons. I figure if something was really important, I would have heard about it before then. The problems and comments that people have usually work themselves out by Friday afternoon. Either the people emailing me take action or sit in misery because of my non-response. Checking email at this time is just a way to get me through the nd of the day so I can get my Friday Fifteen (15 Jack Daniel’s & Coke drinks)

If the building isn’t on fire, there is nothing important going on. Let the money roll in and the nonsense roll out.

By: Sam Thornton, Burwell, Nebraska

Sam Thornton, Burwell, Nebraska — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:08 +0000

I’m not an expert, but I bet if you contact Karl Rove he can tell you how to get rid of huge numbers of unwanted emails.

By: J, Dallas, TX

J, Dallas, TX — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:21:03 +0000

Not sure if you mentioned this but attachments count against your limit. You can sort your folders by email size to find the worst offenders. You might also check for items in your calendar that include attachments because I think those can count as well…good luck.

By: Jack Hammond Canada

Jack Hammond Canada — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:54:52 +0000

Talk about mailbox overflow,I have so many penis enlargement and Viagra offers I’m begining to think my ex girl friends have been talking or writing my name and details on bathroom walls. Things look smaller after you have been in the bath you know.

By: Anonymous E-Mail Admin, NJ

Anonymous E-Mail Admin, NJ — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:49:04 +0000

Also, check out your calendar. If people attach documents to calendar entries, they are not automatically archived. This adds up very quickly.

By: Jason L., Philadelphia PA

Jason L., Philadelphia PA — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:36:13 +0000

Hey Bing, if you want to cut down on the amount of deleting you do, just hold down shift when you hit the delete button. You will notice that it doesnt ask you if you want to move it to the recyle bin. It will just ask if you want to permanently delete the item. Also, my company has it set up so that after you delete items from the recylce bin, it keeps them in yet another area as well which it sounds like you have to delete as well. I noticed that with my company if I use the shift + delete method, it bypasses that area as well. Might save you some time.