Taming your email - tips and tricks

This webpage provide a series of links to help you get better control of your mailbox or email requirements.

Is email the right communications channel?
Email from the Records Management perspective
Ways of using the Subject line to improve communications
Using colours and categories to make certain messages stand out
Using filtering rules to manage your mailbox
Managing attachments (and also see the Essex ZendTo Service for an alternative way of sending or receiving large files)
Setting up delegate access (also includes allowing others to access specific mailbox folders)
Using Outlook to setup meetings
Role based mailboxes
Using Out of Office (OoO) notifications (or not!)
Turning off new mail notifications
Checking your Mailing lists memberships (requires your University username and password) and whether any RSS feeds provide the same information in a more useful and digestible format.
Accessing your email from outside the University - see 'Setting up your own computer or mobile to access your University e-mail account'.

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