 Organization
I know lots
of you keep all your important e-mail in your in-boxes. Which,
after a year or two, becomes an unorganized mess. Well, there's
a better way (you knew there had to be).
E-mail
Organization
I get around
150 e-mails each and every day. Some I keep, some I delete. If
I kept all my keepers in my inbox, I would literally have thousands
of e-mail messages floating around in there. So what do I do?
Create folders!
We'll use an
example that creates a new folder for you to keep all these computer
tips newsletters I send out.
Here's how
for Outlook Express (you'll find instructions for Netscape Messenger
below):
First, you
have to have your "view" set properly. Here's how to
do that:
1. Click the
View menu, Layout...
2. Make sure the "Folder List" checkbox is checked.
OK, Now here's
how to create more folders:
1. Right-Click
the "Local Folders" folder (it's at the top of the "folders"
window).
Select New Folder.
2. You'll be presented with a screen where you can name your folder. Type in "Computer
Tips" (or whatever you would like to call your new folder) and click OK.
That's it!
Now you can stick important e-mails in a place where you'll actually
be able to locate them. To view the messages in a folder, just
click the folder. You can have as many of these little folders
as your heart desires. I personally have around 25!
For Netscape Messenger:
First, you
have to have your "view" set properly. Here's how to
do that:
1. Click the
View menu, Show, Folders (make sure "Folders" is checked.
If it is, leave it alone)
OK, Now here's
how to create more folders:
2. Right-Click
the "Local Mail" folder (it's at the top of the "folders"
window). Select New Folder
3. You'll be presented with a screen where you can name your folder. Type in "Computer
Tips" (or whatever you would like to call your new folder) and click OK.
That's it!
Now you can stick important e-mails in a place where you'll actually
be able to locate them. To view the messages in a folder, just
click the folder. You can have as many of these little folders
as your heart desires. I personally have around 25!
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