Are you a piler, filer, or purger?

smsff7 · 30 Mar 2010

Barman58 said:

Definitely a filer,
I use Pop to get my emails from the provider, but leave all messages on the server
I have a load of rules set-up in outlook that classify and file all mails, locally - I will delete some straight from the inbox or the file folder but the in the on-line storage all items are archived from the inbox every day or so

My outlook in-box is always kept as empty as possible so any messages that do not meet a rule criteria are easily found and actioned, If the mail is from a source that may be sending regularly then I add a rule and folder to file and classify.

The only messages that are ever actually deleted beyond recovery are spam

I have gmail so every email is kept on there as well just archived out of the inbox

severedsolo · 30 Mar 2010

i suppose im a filer and a piler, i scan the sender of each message and the subject line to decide if its worth reading, if its not it gets deleted, everything else gets read, then if its a receipt or soething important it gts filed, otherwise it just sits in the inbox

Zen00 · 30 Mar 2010

I was a piler till about two years ago when I learned how to be a filer.

rider68 · 30 Mar 2010

Hi Guys

I think I'm another of those all three - as work is very much filer / purger, but for personal use - so lasey - wait till there's 2-300 emails then glance through whats needed and delete the rest, file just whats needed,
Will get around to creating conditions for sorting emails soon, as the volume from work is becoming very challenging,

Regards........Peter

Lordbob75 · 30 Mar 2010

I generally would qualify as a purger, but also filer.

I delete most emails (the irrelevant ones, or unimportant ones) after I read them.
However, I do file the most important ones for reference later.
(GMail saves my ass by keeping most deleted emails... thanks for that!)

~Lordbob

profdlp · 30 Mar 2010

Joan Archer said:

I suppose I could be classed as all 3, incoming emails automatically go into folders depending on what they are, I do keep certain ones, again they are filed in their own folders, but the majority get deleted when I've read them.

This describes me as well. :)

alphanumeric · 31 Mar 2010

Filer and purger.
My e-mail is sorted into folders by rules before I even read it.
Once read though almost all of it is deleted.