January 13th, 2011 
Maria Helm 
Not many would argue that e-mail management is a big time waster. It’s necessary to stay on top of it, though, or else it piles up and becomes overwhelming.
But what if there were far fewer e-emails to begin with?
There would be if it weren’t for the indiscriminate use of “Reply All.” E-mail volume would drop suddenly and significantly were offices to outlaw “Reply All” or at least use it sparingly. Here are two things you can do:
1. Adopt time-saving protocols, such as adding an I, A, or R to the subject line of every e-email sent out to indicate whether the e-mail requires an action, a reply, or purely informational.
2. Download a NoReplyAll Outlook add-in that eliminates Reply All and Forward options to email you send from Outlook.
Feel free to comment or add your e-mail time saver tips.
“Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.” June Kronholz
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