Anonymous wrote:Read the fine print most users agree to. It often says that any emails older than 2 weeks or something, are the property of the corporation that owns the email/server and also can been databased by the feds.

I'd assume all emails are snooped on and databased though, even recent ones.

Something to think about.

This is nonsense.

It doesn't matter how old the email is.
Law enforcement has subpoena powers.

Anonymous wrote:I went on a deleting spree recently and found an email I’d never seen before with a bunch of my high school graduation photos. It was from 2000, and the sender said they’d spent hours trying to figure out how to put pictures on a computer!

That was my yahoo account; it has 399,999 unread spam emails 1 email from 2000 worth reading.

I got a message from Yahoo saying they were limiting storage, like in the old days. I hope they bring back the progress bar. Deleting email and seeing the red go to green was always so satisfying.

Zero in my work email (as of Friday afternoon), zero in one personal email and one in the other personal email. I go through and sort/ delete everything multiple times per day.

I went on a deleting spree recently and found an email I’d never seen before with a bunch of my high school graduation photos. It was from 2000, and the sender said they’d spent hours trying to figure out how to put pictures on a computer!

That was my yahoo account; it has 399,999 unread spam emails 1 email from 2000 worth reading.

For personal email accounts, unsubscribing helps cut down on junk mail and keeps you from impulse purchases.

Anonymous wrote:Read the fine print most users agree to. It often says that any emails older than 2 weeks or something, are the property of the corporation that owns the email/server and also can been databased by the feds.

I'd assume all emails are snooped on and databased though, even recent ones.

Something to think about.

Our large workplace started deleting them after two years because people had so many in their varios boxes and the storage got insane. Some people had ten years' or more worth of email, thousands.

They also were/are never private. I know because mine were gone through without a heads up because of a lawsuit looking for a specific topic. Assume anyone can read them.

Over 45,000

Stop sending emails
If you must
Read
Delete or save

I rarely have more than 7-8 unread emails at any given time and rarely more than 20 total in my inboxes. I have 3 email addresses. I am very diligent about

1) unsubscribing
2) using folders - I read an email and then it either a) goes into the appropriate folder or b) is left in my inbox to deal with when I can or c) is deal with immediately

I read that deleting email is good for the planet, by reducing the energy used to store things in the cloud so that pushes me to delete more. It's a drop in the bucket as far as energy savings, but it's motivating nontheless.

Pro tip.
Once you have that many unread..

Only 1-2 near the top are relevant. Star those

Mark alllll your emails as read in bulk.

Start over at inbox zero since they are all read.

But you can go back and mark the 1-2 important ones as unread. Or just do the tasks related, and start fresh.

Anonymous wrote:Do you have more than one email? I have ADD, I have 15,000 emails in my inbox. I need to get it together and clear my boxes for storage.

70-80k, about 25k unread. The unread part is a bit misleading since outlook shows the title and a bit of the message in the preview pane. It works for me.

Read the fine print most users agree to. It often says that any emails older than 2 weeks or something, are the property of the corporation that owns the email/server and also can been databased by the feds.

I'd assume all emails are snooped on and databased though, even recent ones.

Something to think about.

why are people emailing anymore?!