Drowning in information overflow

[bucolic_frolic]

I can hardly keep all the emails sorted. I use 3 main email boxes, plus a few minor ones for ancillary stuff. You join a website, you buy something. You buy a book. You're interested in the subject and want to keep informed, but they pile up. Some are memorable. I save them. Some are from an ongoing business. Some are financial. I have one additional mailbox for all that stuff. It is chuck full every day. Several thousand emails over 10 years. I rarely read any of them, or I might read one that's interesting, but I miss some sort of important ones too. Then there's downloading monthly statements.

This whole thing is beyond unwieldy. I see no way to stop it. My oldest box I'll probably have to buy a subscription because it's getting overflow level. I like this whole mess about as much as I like monthly bills. Another beef is closing an account. One account I can't close because there's a special process to close it. THe account is tiny, it's a just in case event. Sometimes, often, they charge to close an account or transfer it. Phone company charges $75. THey tell me to use Google Phone.

This is tough stuff. Just drowning in information flow.

Rant over.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

1. What's annoying is emails asking about everything you buy

These annoying emails from Home Depot or Lowe’s that
ask you to comment or give review on something you recently bought.

Hell, Home Depot even sent me and email requesting my comments
on my purchase of light bulbs, or another on my purchase of a box of screws,
or another on my purchase of a broom.

Useless emails. Annoying as hell.

Or every car dealership you take to service your vehicle,
Maybe even just a simple free service oil change…..You get an
annoying email asking ‘how did we do?’

Useless emails from companies and corporations where you used
Atheir services, or bought something from them.

All annoying useless emails

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Oh yes! They all do it, from biggest to small.

How are you enjoying your ...........................

You only spent $1.49 but they want to know!

[k_buddy762]

2. My primary inbox

has 37,000 unread messages. I've had the same account for 25 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Yup that's a consistent number.

For the last few years I try to delete the incoming every week or so.

[Wounded Bear]

5. And somehow they can't include a "Delete All" function...

[question everything]

6. My MacMail through Comcast does have a junk folder with a delete all command

Unfortunately, many should not be there and many should so I have to at least view the list before I select this command