By Ben Limberg
BBC Money Programme
Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload?... A recent study found one-third of office workers suffer from e-mail stress. And it is expensive, too. One FTSE firm estimated that dealing with pointless e-mails cost it £39m a year.
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Ray Tomlinson, … [the person] responsible for the e-mail revolution…: “Spam is a problem... there just seems to be an endless stream of it.”
Professor Cary Cooper (who advises the government on stress in the workplace): “For me, e-mail is one of the most pernicious stressors of our time.”
Loughborough University's Dr Tom Jackson … has five tips he believes can help you take control of your inbox:
You can read the full article here.
nickel’s advice:
If you are using Outlook Express, try this layout: three panes (folders, contacts and message titles). Go to View > Layout > Preview Pane and make sure Show preview pane is unchecked. Do not click on messages from an unknown sender. What I do: Obvious spam is deleted immediately, otherwise I right-click on the line of the obscure message and go to > Properties > Details > Message source. In this way, I can read the sender’s details and content of the message without actually opening it and activating any hazardous links.
BBC Money Programme
Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload?... A recent study found one-third of office workers suffer from e-mail stress. And it is expensive, too. One FTSE firm estimated that dealing with pointless e-mails cost it £39m a year.
…
Ray Tomlinson, … [the person] responsible for the e-mail revolution…: “Spam is a problem... there just seems to be an endless stream of it.”
Professor Cary Cooper (who advises the government on stress in the workplace): “For me, e-mail is one of the most pernicious stressors of our time.”
Loughborough University's Dr Tom Jackson … has five tips he believes can help you take control of your inbox:
- Invest in a spam filter…
- Target your e-mail. (Does everyone in the cc box really need to be copied in on your words of wisdom?)
- Write more carefully.
- Reduce interruptions.
- Get training.
You can read the full article here.
nickel’s advice:
If you are using Outlook Express, try this layout: three panes (folders, contacts and message titles). Go to View > Layout > Preview Pane and make sure Show preview pane is unchecked. Do not click on messages from an unknown sender. What I do: Obvious spam is deleted immediately, otherwise I right-click on the line of the obscure message and go to > Properties > Details > Message source. In this way, I can read the sender’s details and content of the message without actually opening it and activating any hazardous links.
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