Module 2 Tasks - Email Question 5

Ahhhhh - and we come to the last one.

5. How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?

My folder structure evolves depending on what I am involved in at anyone point in time. I have a couple of standard folder like Bills, Subscriptions, Family etc, But I will add new folders when email from a certain source is going to be coming on a regular basis or a subject will involve a number of email (normally more than 2 or 3). For example I now have a folder called Uni, under that folder I have Curtin and then OUA, under the Curtin Folder I have Net11 and Net12. I usually try to organise my folders so that they can grow in a logical manner. I do believe that everyone has their own style when it comes to creating their folder structure

If I am researching something, I'll create a separate folder. We recently built a pool, so while I was getting quotes and further information from various companies I created a folder called Pool and placed all email on that subject in there. Once we had completed the whole process. I pretty much deleted the contents of that folder.

I'm also big on keeping my Inbox clear! I move things out of there as soon as I have read them, if they need actioning of some sort I'll leave them there until I have done that. Once I have actioned them, I'll delete them or move them to the relevant folder depending on their importance. It acts as a kind of todo list/reminder tool as I normally check my email every day.