How I did it: I applied the four Ds of email:

Delete: read it and then get rid of it; there's very little you need to keep. I saved emails and attachments as needed to the server.

Do: if it only takes a minute or two, do it.

Delegate: that's why I have employees. If there's some action that needs to be taken and someone else can do it, assign it to that person.

Defer: if I can't do it right away, then I dragged the email to the task list, and put a date by which I would complete the task.

I got through my entire inbox this way - I have only about 10 mails left.

Lessons & tips: For more information on the Four Ds of Email: http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/manageinfo/email.mspx

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Jun 01, 05:59PM PDT | 0 comments | 6 cheers