Comments on: [Reader Discussion] What are Your Favourite E-Mail Hacks?

By: Afzal Khan

Afzal Khan — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 16:28:42 +0000

Allocating a specific time for checking our mails like
1.On reaching the office in the morning.
2.Before lunch,
3.At tea &
4.Before packing up for home.

By not sharing our email at every request we get on the net for the same..

Having atleast 2 email adresses, one for office/profession related
the other for personal/social purposes.

By: Shamshard

Shamshard — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:05:23 +0000

Cyber culture its an information overload, information jungle. It could be a dbl edged wepon when it provides benefit its a gift – when it provides evil is a disgrage

By: Faridah

Faridah — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:05:22 +0000

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakaatu,

I hope you are all in the best of health and eman.

This is quite an interesting topic that I myself have been trying to tackle for months now. Alhamdulillah about a month ago I found a solution. What was that solution you may ask? It was simply to delete all emails that were more than 2 weeks old (that is, if you inbox was cluttered as mine was).
The beauty of this technique is that your inbox stays relatively clean and if you feel like you’ve mistakenly deleted something- it’s still in your delete folder so you can easily review it. I guess some may say that I’ve not actually solved the problem but I say it’s better than nothing and it is way more refreshing than seeing 40000+ emails in your inbox.

Also another trick I found that helps to keep your inbox clean is to unsubscribe from any emailing lists I haven’t been active on in the past month. I realise this may not be easy but once we start to detach emotion from things like this, life becomes a lot easier- and clearer!
So I would say once you’ve read the email think- will I need to refer back to it? If yes then archive it. If no, then delete it. And then at the end of the month (or two lol) permanently erase your delete folder.

Finally I would say don’t let your emails overtake your life. If you have a task to do, and tbh even if you are just leisurely browsing, don’t let the first thing you do be opening up your email- unless of course you are expecting something urgent. Try and only approach you emails when you have a clear head and inshaAllah you’ll be able to manage it appropriately.

I hope these tips are of benefit and I pray Allah allows us to stay productive and keep our lives as clutter free as possible.

Wa salaam :)

By: Debbie Sarah Zagarit

Debbie Sarah Zagarit — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:05:22 +0000

Over the past month I have unsubscribe to many emails that are not important. Now my emails are about Islam, islamic education and Islamic products. I also get two on herbalism. I feel so much lighter and happier without the other things entering my email. Try it. It feels amazing. Alikum salam my brothers and sisters. May Allah bless you and your families

By: Ahmed Zabarah

Ahmed Zabarah — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:05:22 +0000

I am using Gmail, With the new tabs feature my emails are filtered and organized into three different tabs: 1) “PRIMARY” , Which is where all the important emails automatically go to , 2) “SOCIAL” messages, notifications, and emails from the social networks like facebook, youtube….. go to, and the last tab is the 3) “PROMOTIONS” like advertisements and deals from amazon, app store.
If you don’t now about the new gmail tabs i suggest you give it a try :)

By: Nuraini

Nuraini — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:58:12 +0000

So far, I believe I’m still in control in managing my e-mail, alhamdulillah.

I manage my mail by creating several labels (in Gmail) where I can filter my email based on the purpose / category of it (or maybe sender, if you’re subscribing to any mailing list). I will take a look on not-so-urgent email on my leisure time, or when I’m taking a break.

At my workplace, I’m using Outlook and I apply the same concept by creating multiple rules to filter out my email based on the category. I will put less important emails in different folder, separating it from Inbox. This saves up my day as my Inbox is not too cluttered, I can straight away find important email in my Inbox and I know where to look for my emails as it is organized according to its category.

By: Shehu Ibrahim

Shehu Ibrahim — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:19:22 +0000

Fellow productive, what I did was from on set I dedicated official issue to official mails and social issues to socials emails box. But as social issues become more serious I introduce my official email box. Every other strategies is applied like the last comment thanks

By: abubakar muhammad

abubakar muhammad — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:19:22 +0000

I use an application called cloud magic in an android mobile and it’s working for me. I think this is good. We could give it a trial.

By: Ali Naqash

Ali Naqash — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:15:23 +0000

In my humble opinion, the best way to reduce junk mail is to unsubscribe from all notifications brought by social media services (especially facebook) except maybe linkedin.
Also, keeping a check on number of unread emails/spam mails can help make sure important emails are not missed out (as they can be confused for spam and deleted!)

I once had an important email which came up in my spam mail folder when infact it was not spam. So be carefeul before you delete the entire spam folder rather than checking each individual email.

By: Shari

Shari — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 08:15:23 +0000

I have a Blackberry, a tablet and a computer. I will quickly sort through my emails on the Blackberry/tablet and answer those that require a quick decision before I reach the office every morning. At the office, I will focus on those emails that need proper actions. Bottom line, all emails get answered on time. I also separate work emails and ‘fun’ on separate accounts so i will only look at the fun ones during my off hours. This way, i remain productive at work and also socially.