- the technical ~ how to:
- access your email (via a web interface and/or with dedicated email software like Groupwise, Mac Mail, etc.)
- effectively use your email client (client = a computer program used to manage email)
- organize email that you want to keep
- archive email that you want to keep longer
- set up an automatic response (i.e., a vacation message when you're off the grid)
- set up multiple folders to sort (and archive) messages
- create "rules" for tasks like filtering messages into folders - the conceptual ~ how to:
- keep up with email
- set up an efficient schedule to read and reply to email
- write clear email subject lines
- decide who needs to have a copy (cc:) of a message or reply to a message
- keep messages short
- decide which messages to save/archive and which to delete
Scripps specific resources
- Groupwise user guides - Instructions for how to use the Groupwise email software on the Scripps campus (in PDF format) including how to archive messages, filter email lists into folders, setup a vacation reply, and other tips and tricks.
- Get rid of unwanted email with Postini - techbytes post that addresses how to block specific email addresses and allow others, and deconstructs Postini's email quarantine summary
- Taming Email: Tips, Tricks and Essays on Email Overload and Taming the Beast that is Email - 2006-2007 blog with many helpful and still timely posts
- Inbox Management Tips - actions to take when you receive email, respecting other people's inboxes and organizing yours, etc. from a direct marketing group
- Send business email like a pro - standard email practices that will help you to present yourself in a professional way in electronic communications
- Networked Workers, Pew Internet & American Life Project report, September 24, 2008 report on the impact of the Internet and cell phones on working Americans - more flexibility but also ambivalence about their impact on their personal lives
