Egads no!!! Emphatically no. Using Outlook and rules, I filter mails
relating to projects automatically to a folder named for that project. When
I need to find a mail from that project folder, I use Find or Advanced Find.
It finds it in about 3 seconds.
Using the paper method, I would need to print the mail, 3 hole punch it,
decide where it belongs, and have absolutely no way of finding it using any
automated search method.
Try Outlook 2003 Search Folders and honestly report back that a paper based
system is better.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.
After furious head scratching, James asked:
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || I use folders under Outlook - I rarely print anything unless I need
|| it for a
|| meeting and I cannot bring my laptop, for security reasons. Using
|| rules, you can filter incoming mail to folders automatically, delete
|| items automatically, filter out spam, etc.
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, James asked:
||
||| I receive alot of emails and wondered what people generaly tend to
||| do to keep them organized and easily accessable.
|||
||| Do most people convert emails to word documents and then put them
||| in a folder? Or do you people print them off and convert them to
||| real paper files? It does seem paper files are actually easier to
||| handle/store and retrieve than emails.
|||
||| Any thoughts? I'm trying to get my computer organized and would
||| appreciate any tips.
|
| Hiya Milly,
|
| But dont you find that it is more time consuming to retrive the email
| and find the exact information you want when compared to those same
| files/pages printed and stored in a ring binder?
|
| It sounds silly but truly and honestly what would you say to that.
| Please give a very unbiased viewpoint. Is it not faster and more
| efficient to store it on a ring binder, and aslo is it not easier on
| the eye to read.
