I receive
tons of e-mails each day. The only way I found in the past to be able to 1-
find the mails afterwards when I need them and 2 – be aware of the mails I’ve
treated and the ones that still need to be treated, was archiving the mails in
specific folders, related to each of the numerous projects, teams and
organizations I have to deal with. I really wanted to be aware of how many
mails I received and sent every day (splitting them into folders didn’t make
this job possible at all), to realize how much “work” I did each day and why at
the end of the days it felt like nothing had been done.
That’s when
I decided I should find some sort of tool to help me count my e-mails. I’ve
tried some tools, but they didn’t work as I expected nor as I needed.
Furthermore, they took a long time to generate the reports, and didn’t have a
way to compare each day with the previous ones. No help!
So I kept
searching over and over again. I then found ClearContext. I must say that at
first I didn’t really believe it would help me either. I just wanted a tool to
count my e-mails, what would I do with the extra features? And having to
configure all that? But it was true it took me ages to scroll the folders list
up and down and I didn’t seem to be able to keep up with the mails! And, above
all, it wouldn’t hurt just to try it. So I did.
I’ve
installed it, and begun being able to see how many mails I received each day,
how many mails I sent, how many of those were answers, what was my workload and
how well was I dealing with my inbox as a whole. Furthermore, it showed the
global average, a comparison with the other users. This at first made me think
I couldn’t do as well as others, but on the other hand it shown me my workload
was above average. The assisted archive of mails also proved to be really
handy. I probably spare over 1 hour a day just not having to scroll the folder’s
list up and down every time I want to archive another e-mail!
It’s a
keeper for sure!
1 comment:
I too am a big believer in ClearCOntext. MY trial has recently run out and am trying to get by without it, but thats not working.
I use it to not only organize my mail but control the 100+ emails i receive per day. With multiple projects going at the same time, I have a hard time being productive without it.
I really like how I can file emails to folders easily, schedule tasks, and delegate all in the email itself. This product has definately helped my work habits.
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