Expert Shares 3 Ways to Make Your Inbox Less Overwhelming


Updated 05/25/12 3:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How Peter Walsh Organizes Emails

It's good to get rid of all the clutter in your life — at home, at work, and even on your computer. Dealing with too many emails can make you overwhelmed and less productive, because weeding through a mess of messages can feel like a herculean task. Organization expert Peter Walsh shared some great tips for better managing your emails: Archive all your emails: "Bite the bullet: archive—don't Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Purge and Organize Emails


Updated 03/02/12 4:40 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Clean and Organize Your Email Inbox

The never-ending deluge of junk mail, spam, and sales alerts that is our email has us running for cover when the inbox is opened each morning. For our second installment in 31 Days of Spring Cleaning, we're purging the garbage and organizing every last email. Here's how to get the inbox under control. Sort and delete — When an inbox approaches four-digit capacity, it's time to filter and Read more

Turn Your Inbox Into a To-Do List in 5 Easy Steps


Updated 12/27/11 3:40 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 0 comments

How to Organize Your Email Inbox

Start the new year off right by getting organized — beginning with your inbox. From daily deals to digital receipts to holiday sale announcements, emails are especially frequent this time of year. Clear the clutter and manage your tasks by following these five simple steps. Create categories. It's important to categorize your messages so that you can find them quickly. Start by establishing Read more

3 Email Etiquette Guides You Should Memorize


Updated 07/08/11 12:40 PM · Posted by SavvySugar · 0 comments

Email Etiquette

When you type away at the keyboard all day it's easy to forget that email etiquette can affect how seriously you're taken, and even how well you're liked, in the workplace. Click through these tips for making your email communication more professional and effective before you hit send. How To: Write More Professional Emails — How you write a work email isn't going to make or break your Read more

A Geek Girl's Guide to Digital Safety


Updated 06/09/11 9:51 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Online Safety Tips

There's no better time to start thinking of online safety than the present. Whether you're shopping online, signing into your email, or surfing the web on your mobile phone, there are simple ways to protect your identity and information. Check out this guide to protecting yourself in this digital world. Read more

Savvy Tech Tool: Schedule Emails to Be Sent Later With Boomerang


Updated 02/29/12 2:58 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Boomerang Plug-In For Gmail and Outlook

Reader magickalrealism has a pretty genius solution for sending late-night emails to colleagues and bosses — a tech tool called Boomerang. I recently talked about how sending emails in the wee hours can seem a bit unprofessional so it's best to hold off till the morning if you can if it's not an urgent email and if your fellow office workers live in the same time zone. Boomerang is a Firefox Read more

How-To: Stop Email Spamming


Updated 05/31/11 3:56 AM · Posted by SavvySugar · 1 comment

How to Stop Email Spam

A community member was having trouble unsubcribing from Monster.com emails and reached out to the Savvy Confessions group for help. Here's the advice of one anonymous reader. To comply with CanSpam all commercial email sent is supposed to have a snail mail address and at the very best a phone number you can reach them at. If they are not honoring your unsubscribe after 10 business days then you Read more

12 Tech Tips For National Etiquette Week


Updated 05/09/11 3:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Tech Etiquette Tips For National Etiquette Week

Today kicks off National Etiquette Week, and it's come at a good time — apparently, Americans have terrible tech manners! We've rounded up some of our most helpful and handy tech etiquette tips to keep you in the good graces of your friends, family, and co-workers, so check them out. And be sure to leave your etiquette tips in the comments or on our Facebook page, so we can round up your Read more

3 Sticky Wedding-Related Email Etiquette Situations to Avoid


Updated 04/13/11 4:14 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Wedding-Related Email Etiquette

Have you or someone you know fallen victim to one of these bridal email etiquette situations? When you're dealing with a busy wedding party scattered throughout the country (or even just scattered across your town), digital communication is a must. It keeps all of the bridesmaids and other VIPs in the know and is a quick, easy way for the bride, maid of honor, or anyone else to communicate Read more

What to Do After Your Email Account Gets Hacked


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 5 comments

What Do I Do If My Email Gets Hacked?

I've mentioned before that I've left a few old email addresses open after switching to a new mail program, and most of you admitted to doing the same. Well, here's one reason you (and I) might want to reconsider that stance. An old email address I left open and checked once a week or so was hacked, and for three days sent spammy messages to all of the contacts in my address book. Since I hadn't Read more