Comments on: 5 Tips to Keep the Cruft Out of Your Inbox http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/ Rebooting the workforce Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pankaj Taneja http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-317686 Pankaj Taneja Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:48 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-317686 We had recently done a whitepaper on the subject titled "From Email Bankruptcy to Business Productivity", which suggests a new approach to managing the email deluge. It was covered by ZDNet (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=18692) You can check the whitepaper @ http://hyperoffice.com/business-email-overload/ We had recently done a whitepaper on the subject titled “From Email Bankruptcy to Business Productivity”, which suggests a new approach to managing the email deluge. It was covered by ZDNet (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=18692)

You can check the whitepaper @ http://hyperoffice.com/business-email-overload/

]]> By: DaveKebb http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256426 DaveKebb Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:17:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256426 Tracey: You hit the nail on the head and this is probably the only barrier to be overcome. Spammers are after money and sources of money. I think that spoofing an action is possible but there are a couple of trust and routine checks inbuilt into instant-actions. - Routine, repeated tasks - Between known participants - Low value, low profile targets I have yet to see a "moderate this comment" or "approve this user" spam but these are the instant-action emails I currently receive. The art of implementation is to deliver expected functionality over a timeframe that even the most hardcore boomer-slug-bureaucrat can handle. It would be if the same people used more push rss stuff or a limited-social/commercial-network approach and then the trust layer would move out of email. Let the decrufting begin. Tracey: You hit the nail on the head and this is probably the only barrier to be overcome.

Spammers are after money and sources of money. I think that spoofing an action is possible but there are a couple of trust and routine checks inbuilt into instant-actions.

- Routine, repeated tasks
- Between known participants
- Low value, low profile targets

I have yet to see a “moderate this comment” or “approve this user” spam but these are the instant-action emails I currently receive.

The art of implementation is to deliver expected functionality over a timeframe that even the most hardcore boomer-slug-bureaucrat can handle.

It would be if the same people used more push rss stuff or a limited-social/commercial-network approach and then the trust layer would move out of email.

Let the decrufting begin.

]]> By: Capri http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256351 Capri Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:21:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256351 It seems my family and friends communicate a lot more on Facebook than they ever have by email, but they also send chain letters via Facebook as well, it seems that no matter what the medium, it is always going to get killed by people continuing to spread chain letters. Posting them on their blogs - people already do that, which is why I've stopped reading some friends' blogs at least some of the time, and it's annoying when chain letters show up in searches on keywords because so many people posted the same dang joke fwd to their blog. It seems my family and friends communicate a lot more on Facebook than they ever have by email, but they also send chain letters via Facebook as well, it seems that no matter what the medium, it is always going to get killed by people continuing to spread chain letters. Posting them on their blogs – people already do that, which is why I’ve stopped reading some friends’ blogs at least some of the time, and it’s annoying when chain letters show up in searches on keywords because so many people posted the same dang joke fwd to their blog.

]]> By: ebrown http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256191 ebrown Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:52:30 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256191 Leo, IM and Social Networks are good if your friends frequently login. I still find email to be my biggest source of communication. Your article on <a href="http://weirdblog.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/5-email-inbox-hacks/" rel="nofollow">5 Inbox Hacks</a> was a life saver for me. Also, Judi wrote an earlier article proposing the adoption of a <a href="http://weirdblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/how-to-handle-the-email-flood/" rel="nofollow">"no email day"</a>. This can be useful, but for me I have found setting specific times of the day (mid-morning and mid-afternoon) to process email much better. BTW- congrats on the book! Good reviews on LifeHack. -eb (a.k.a. WeirdGuy) Leo, IM and Social Networks are good if your friends frequently login. I still find email to be my biggest source of communication. Your article on 5 Inbox Hacks was a life saver for me. Also, Judi wrote an earlier article proposing the adoption of a “no email day”. This can be useful, but for me I have found setting specific times of the day (mid-morning and mid-afternoon) to process email much better.

BTW- congrats on the book! Good reviews on LifeHack.

-eb (a.k.a. WeirdGuy)

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256128 Robert 'Groby' Blum Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:39:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256128 Message Boards only save time if you're not interested in >95% of the messages. Otherwise, the constant clicking around to follow threads is a worse drag on your time than e-mail ever could be. Plus, you now have more than one inbox. Social networks, for good reasons, send you e-mails on important updates. Again, it's the one inbox principle. On the fence about IM. Might work for distributed groups. Message Boards only save time if you’re not interested in >95% of the messages. Otherwise, the constant clicking around to follow threads is a worse drag on your time than e-mail ever could be. Plus, you now have more than one inbox.

Social networks, for good reasons, send you e-mails on important updates. Again, it’s the one inbox principle.

On the fence about IM. Might work for distributed groups.

]]> By: Soni http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256090 Soni Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:53:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256090 I've found the best way to avoid a mailbox bogged down with spam is to have two email addresses. One is the one you use whenever signing for anything on random websites that are probably going to send you spam. The other I use for my friends or important sites like my bank. That way I know that I can log into my real email without worry about who's actually sending me what. I’ve found the best way to avoid a mailbox bogged down with spam is to have two email addresses. One is the one you use whenever signing for anything on random websites that are probably going to send you spam. The other I use for my friends or important sites like my bank. That way I know that I can log into my real email without worry about who’s actually sending me what.

]]> By: Tracey http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256016 Tracey Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:45:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256016 The instant-action email would be great in a perfect world, but spammers and hackers already spoof email so well, I never click on any buttons or links in them. For example, even if I'm 99% sure a message is from my bank, I go directly to the bank's website and perform the action so that I control the interaction and reduce the chance of being compromised. The instant-action email would be great in a perfect world, but spammers and hackers already spoof email so well, I never click on any buttons or links in them. For example, even if I’m 99% sure a message is from my bank, I go directly to the bank’s website and perform the action so that I control the interaction and reduce the chance of being compromised.

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256002 Logical Extremes Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:26:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/14/5-ways-to-keep-email-alive/#comment-256002 Folks with too many emails just haven't managed email well. Use good spam filters, and give out temporary and/or unique addresses that can be turned off if they become a problem. Don't sign up for too much crap, and keep your addresses off of the public internet. For closed groups, bulletin boards and social networks are fine, but options for email and/or RSS delivery are essential. IM integration and instant-action emails are truly useful constructs. Folks with too many emails just haven’t managed email well. Use good spam filters, and give out temporary and/or unique addresses that can be turned off if they become a problem. Don’t sign up for too much crap, and keep your addresses off of the public internet.

For closed groups, bulletin boards and social networks are fine, but options for email and/or RSS delivery are essential.

IM integration and instant-action emails are truly useful constructs.

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