I would like to receive some suggestions regarding my email folders and organizing the content.?

Question

It was easy when I was new to all this and wasn't using the email services for work. Now, I find myself with emails that I really need to keep the information on but It is quickly becoming unmanagable. I clean up my boxes once a week and I still have over 230 that I need to keep information from.

Here is my idea; I would like to create a Database where I can list the sender, then the content I need to retain, along with notes and other comments. Then another that explains or reminds me of my actions in each matter.

I had this vision in my head of something simular to a forum thread. I have the Microsoft Office progam on my computer and also thought of using the website builder for a linking Database.

Have any of you had something you needed to organize like this?

How did you resolve the issue?

Did it work for you?

Thanks for your input. I am really to busy right now to spend the day creating anything and another day entering the info I want to save.

Thank you gentlemen. You both make very good points, but, perhaps I did not make my situation clear.

I am willing and able to create a template using the programming I already have on my system. I do not use the provided templates as I have never found one that I did not have to end up totally recreating. Thereby wasting all the work I put into trying to use someone elses idea of a bad example.

If I make a single catagory folder in my email system for each of the items I would need catagorized it would be close to two pages long. Can you imagine?

I am a freelance writer. I would need one each for the content Albin suggested as well as one for online newspapers, hard copy newspapers, online magazines, hard copy mags, profile projects, site registration and login info to the more than 15 Websites that I may use in a week for my work. And this does not even scratch the surface.

I was hoping someone with a simular experience would advise me here. Thanks to you both.

Answer 1

Microsoft Office is a suite of programs.
You should have Excel which can be used as you wish but it will not be very easy to implement the search you want.

Microsoft Access is the database program.
Setup can be complicated but there are a number of useful templates that may make the task really simple.
Click on File then New to see the templates that are available.

Good luck.

Answer 2

IF YOUR USING YAHOO, NEAR THE INBOX THEY HAVE A TAB SAYING "MAKE A FOLDER". I recommend u using that thing to make folders so that you can catagorize your important emails. I catergorize all my passwords in one folder saying paswords so if i forgot my password i can just go and see all my password emails ratheer than just going through every single email. in the smae way u can make folders for diferent uses like office emails, passwords, family matters, fininacial records, or like screnames.