Emailaholics Anonymous

SirZee
SirZee Posts: 381
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I got 23,986 emails in my gmail account. I don't know how many in my hotmail, though I had it for about the same time. Should I get help? Should I delete them all? Will the planet's electricity consumption be noticeably improved if we all deleted all our emails?(think host servers/databases).

Are there any disciples of psychology out there who can enlighten us on what this issue says about us?

How many emails do you have in your email account?

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  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    I have almost 40000 in my work email deleted file.

    I still have the very first work email I received almost 8 years ago. I just cant bring myself to delete them.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    I have a new serious email problem. :D

    I can't clean mine out either. Lets look.... Gmail holds 36,147 messages. Ouch.
    I keep my gmail account to recent 5 days on my phone because I can't stand seeing them all there. It's like information overload. But I can't part with them on the server.
  • johnlatv
    johnlatv Posts: 654 Member
    you got me beat... 9, 734 in my gmail but i do delete messages. About 20, 000 in my work.

    Gmail is the best.
  • bkibbs
    bkibbs Posts: 106 Member
    I used to have over 8,000 in my inbox, then I decided I was just going to clean up the crap. Not delete, but stick everything in folders. Organize a couple hundred each day and you'd be surprised how fast you get 'em outta there.

    I'm down right now to 3-10 in the home inbox before I file them away.

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