Organise your emails

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Organise emails

The problem

All the Email 'drops on the mat' and you have to sort it.

You might have work, hobby and personal emails all mixed together. You could even have emails for different members of the family (if they are very trusting!)

A solution

All the major email software packages (known as 'mail clients') let you move items of mail into separate folders. The wording varies a little but you should find something similar to the instructions below.

First create a new folder. It is probably best to make it part of your inbox.

	Go to *New* and select folder
	Type in the name of the folder in the place you want it (i.e. the inbox)

To move emails to the folder

	Either drag them across
	Or right click on the email and select move to folder

You can do the same for items you have sent. This Sent folder can be a useful 'mine' for lost addresses and provide a record of what you have done and when.

Other solutions

- Get rid of old mail. It takes up time to open and close a large inbox so keep it down to size. It makes it much easier to find things if you eliminate the junk.

- Make sure you put an informative subject. It makes it much easier to find emails and their replies.