How do you control all the emails we receive from HP?

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   mary615posted 12 years ago

   How do you control all the emails we receive from HP?
   
   I am in the process of deleting over 2,000 emails from HP.  I am overwhelmed.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 12 years ago

   A while ago I got tired of weeding through dozens of HubPages e-mails every day about questions I'd answered, Hubs I'd commented on, forums I'd posted in, etc,. etc. so I finally went into my account preferences and turned off e-mail notifications for everything except for when one of my own Hubs gets a new comment. I don't need to be notified of everything else via e-mail since there's a "notifications" button at the top of the HubPages screen when I'm logged in.

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      ChristyWritesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I did the same thing a few weeks ago Freddy and have seen significantly less emails. The one page summary 'notifications' email tells me any new hubs from my followers and that does the trick

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      mary615posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Good idea, FatFreddysCat!  I will certainly try that. I have also opted not to follow comments (unless I ask a question).  I think that will cut down on all the emails.

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      rfmoranposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      ChristyWrites had a good point. The morning (promptly at 10:35 Eastern time) contains all of the notifications you need. The others are pretty much repeats.

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      Faith Reaperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is a great idea, and I had forgotten about the notifications at the top.

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      teaches12345posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I may have to do this as well.  My email notifcations are getting to be quite numerous.  I am grateful for the followers, updates, questions, comments, etc., but I cannot possibly keep up with each one.  Would love to find a good solution. Thanks!

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   rfmoranposted 12 years ago

   Like all emails - Act, file (in a separate folder to be kept for future reference) or delete. They do tend to pile up if you do nothing. My twitter alerts look like a virus spreading on my screen. Zap them fast!

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   Pamela99posted 12 years ago

   I am also overwhelmed and there is no way you can possibly have time to read everything. I never thought about turning the emails off. I think I will try that also. Thanks.

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   Faith Reaperposted 12 years ago

   I do not have a handle on the emails, as I now have over 2,347 and climbing.  I know we can stop the emails once we comment, but I love to read others and plus waiting to see a reply from a comment that I have made.  I think why mine are so out of control is due to the fact that I am literally away from home for ten hours, eight at work, and two hours on the road, and then just everyday life.  I just got home around 9:00 p.m. here in southern USA, after a long day at work, but I had to stop by and see my new grandson and two granddaughters before coming home. 
   
   Mary, I am so glad you asked this question, as I thought I was the only one around with this issue. 
   
   It takes a lot of time to delete them all.  Usually on the weekends I try to start deleting hundreds and hundreds, but they still keep multiplying - so I have no answer, but I hope some will share their wisdom to get a handle on this fact.

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      teaches12345posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Faith, I feel overwhelmed also when I am away from home to work.  I do have them on my iphone, but cannot full focus while at work.  It is a feeling of not being a responsible hubber in the community that really concerns me.

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      Faith Reaperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      So true teaches, as one wants to participate in the community, as that is a big part of it.  I cannot do a thing while I am at work, even on break, as they block it so that one cannot comment, but yet I can approve a comment, but I cannot comment.

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   Larry Wallposted 12 years ago

   I try to delete e-mails every couple of days from HP. If I had not read them in two, three days at the most, I am not going back. Everything also comes through my Blackberry, which lets me see what is coming  as it arrives, so I do not get hit with 200 at the end of the day. Blackberry is sync to outlook so when I delete there, the Blackberry deletes.

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      Faith Reaperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Larry, maybe I need to get a Blackberry.  Great answer.

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   Casimiroposted 12 years ago

   Learn to use the message filters in your e-mail client. Anything coming in from Hubpages goes into a personal folder named, strangely enough, Hubpages, on my PC. That way they don't clutter up my inbox. I do this with a lot of my e-mail from various sources and it's all automatic. I can see the folder has unread messages and it tells me how many.
   
   Once in a while I visit the folder and can quickly scan it to see if there is anything worth reading, read those few, then delete it all.
   
   If you have 2000 e-mails from HP, then I'd say zap it all. It's very doubtful there is anything in there after all that time that's so important you can't live without it.

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      Faith Reaperposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Great idea Casimiro.  You're right, probably should just delete all and start fresh.  I know when I was away for a month, that is what I had to do, as there was no way to catch up, but I know I missed great writing.

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