From the Archives: Email (II)

It’s been over a year since our first From the Archives post on email. This post looks at some of the tips and tools we’ve covered since then.

Manage Your Inbox

Amy tried Using OtherInbox to Tame her Email a service that organizes and digests your incoming messages.

Brian discusses using email forwarding tools to help with Managing Email While On Leave

Schedule Email and Reminders

I wrote about how to Set Email Reminders with Nudgemail, a free service that allows you to send email reminders to yourself or others at prescheduled dates and times.

Amy wrote about Boomerang, a plugin for Gmail and Outlook that allows you to write an email and send it at a later time.

Clean Up, Lock Up

In a Wednesday open-thread discussion, readers offered suggestions about how they Archive Old Email

Konrad wrote about how to Secure Email in Thunderbird and Apple Mail using encryption keys.

Improve and Reduce the Emails You Send

Brian recommends Shrinking Your Email Signature to remove redundant information and space-wasting lines.

Brian wrote about the Email Charter, 10 simple rules to cut down on the amount of email you produce.

What would you like to learn about email? Let us know in the comments!

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