The Importance Of Managing Emails

With the dominance of the medium of the Internet, many an empire has been undone by an errant email. They have played a role in major lawsuits and have made up the more salacious aspects of many tabloid stories. That does not mean that people should go dumping emails to avoid later trouble. On the contrary, some emails should be kept for a variety of reasons.

Business Policy on Emails

For many companies, especially the larger enterprises, managing emails is simply a part of the company’s records management policy. For this reason it is best to avoid using the company’s email for personal correspondence. Company emails, both internal and external formulate part of the communications structure. They should be kept as part of the company’s records. Some of the reasons for this include:

• Dealing with possible future litigation
• Evidence of business activity
• For archival purposes and to become part of the corporate memory for research purposes

Ways to Manage Email

Some email programs like Outlook have their own built-in management features. Even so, a high volume of emails can be overwhelming. Methods of tracking of important emails include:

• Use folders and make sure they are labeled properly. Folder names should have at least a part of the email’s subject content as part of the title.
• Answer emails promptly and delete those that are not needed.
• Keep emails to the point as this will make the process of answering them easier.
• Set up an address book
• Use special tags for important senders
• Subject lines should make sense, as such use headings that relate to the topic being discussed.

Storing Email Attachments

In business communication files are frequently attached to emails. Since they are generally company records, they should ideally be placed in properly labeled folders for easy retrieval. Plus by removing attachments from emails and deleting them it is unlikely that your mail quota will be reached too quickly. Most corporate email boxes have preset size limits, which when exceeded results in mail bouncing. No one wants to miss important business emails.

Files sent by email may be used in presentations such as web conference sessions. This further highlights the need to title them properly and assign them to appropriate folders. This way they can easily be inserted into PowerPoint presentations without a hitch.

The email itself can also be inserted into a web meeting of this nature. This will be guided by the company’s policy as it relates to employee hierarchy and viewing policy. The format also allows for the creation of video emails, which can be saved and viewed later depending on the web conferencing solution being used.

By: Lillyjohan

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