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re: Unread work emails. How do you people function? I read all of my work emails

Posted on 8/31/26 at 7:18 pm to
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
144712 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 7:18 pm to
Claude answers 90% of my emails.

Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
7866 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 7:21 pm to
“I’m sorry, Kristen. I must have overlooked your email.”

I send that one a lot.
Posted by BoostAddict
Member since Jun 2007
3272 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:29 pm to
Why would I read the 1000’s of emails from mechanical and electrical engineers along with their project counterparts when all they do is spec out equipment and cable trays. 95% of my inbox is a steaming pile of dogshit.
Posted by Deadmanshand
Member since Jun 2026
221 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:32 pm to
I have filters set up. My folders are set up by priority. High priority folder gets replied right away. Daily Priority gets a reply before I leave. Low priority gets an "eventually". Adverts go to the external folder.
Posted by TexasTiger33
United States of America
Member since Feb 2022
16242 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:33 pm to
My inbox is my to-do list.

Outlook displays a message "you're all caught up" when it's empty. Thanks MicroSoft. I worked hard for it
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
71872 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:33 pm to
I don't read them all, but I mark them all as read.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
76200 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:35 pm to
More former director at a Fortune 10 company had outlook set up so he would have to be in the To: field or it would never even come to his inbox. If he were in CC, he'd never see it. That took his daily email intake down to about 100 emails instead of a thousand.

When I was at that job, it got to where nobody would read any email unless they were "@"'d in it. Too many damn emails flying around.

I'm at a small company now, I get maybe 3 or 4 emails a day. It's so refreshing.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53847 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:36 pm to
I spend maybe 5-10% of my time reading or composing emails these days.
Posted by kennypowers
AR
Member since Mar 2009
637 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:37 pm to
You think that's bad. My wife has 2,000 unread text messages.
Posted by TexasTiger33
United States of America
Member since Feb 2022
16242 posts
Posted on 8/31/26 at 8:44 pm to
quote:

My wife has 2,000 unread text messages.
at least 200 are from me since she ghosted me last year
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