Email, at first, seemed like an ideal way to communicate. It's easy and cost effective. Unfortunately, these days more time is spent deleting spam emails, sorting other emails, and keeping the size of my inbox under control. Does the way we manage email need to be redefined? http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox 2007-05-02T22:24:11Z Maven http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/maven http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment1 2006-11-27T23:28:50Z zilliyao http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/zilliyao It is high time that Email organization redefined or changed in some way to minimize the clutter of our inbox and simplify the process of sorting emails; Everday, I receive lots of waste mails in my email inbox. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment2 2006-11-28T02:56:34Z digiammarco http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/digiammarco Gmail has indeed changed my e-mail life, and I can only hope the corporate world endorses it. We should be able to Google for anything, shouldn't we? http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment3 2006-11-28T04:12:45Z BigCheez http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/bigcheez Gmail has done wonderful things with the way we organize and interact with email although it seems email is slowly losing its value thanks to spammers. Google, by far, has created the best tool to manage email issues, but I'd like to see more companies step up and create new innovations in the way we communicate. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment4 2006-11-28T07:06:27Z AliB http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/alib According to this Reuters article, 9 out of 10 email are spam. The real issue is limiting and eventually eliminating this spam in order to give us access to only our relevant emails. If we continue at this rate, email will lose all its value as a method of communication. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment5 2006-11-29T17:08:29Z jk http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/jk With e-mail addressing we let people know where we are. How about e-mail communication which does not require each party to expose routing information. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment6 2006-12-01T02:42:54Z ztyler http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/ztyler jk, what do you mean by 'routing information'? You don't want someone to know your email address? http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment7 2006-12-04T09:41:45Z crayzon http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/crayzon Email seems to be on it's way out as a form of communication much like my postal mail which I rarely read and just throw away unless it's a bill. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment8 2006-12-06T03:31:11Z chrisek http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/chrisek I've made several attempts, in vain I might add, to organize my inbox. Amazingly, within a few days, it's back to the cluttered disaster it once was. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment9 2006-12-10T11:17:12Z ca http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/ca Soon email will die away to instant messaging if it continues to be as complex as it has become, as all the value inherint to it are diminished due to spammers. http://www.livesimplicity.com/topics/out-of-control-email-inbox#comment10 2007-02-21T19:23:25Z JBonnin http://www.livesimplicity.com/users/jbonnin Hail to Gmail! Just a click and... Hooray, no spam here! :)