Why your inbox could have 3,000 emails
Your inbox could have over 3,000 unread emails waiting for you when you go back to work, it has been claimed.
Technology experts say the average office worker will have amassed 450 messages over Christmas with heavy email users having a 'Spamalanche' of 3,000 messages waiting.
They say even 'light' email users will have 185 emails waiting to be read, meaning workers could be forced to spend hours if not days clearing their inbox.
While their research suggests 70 percent of the messages will be either spam or or un-wanted email they warn of the dangers of simply deleting all.
70 percent seem a bit optimistic to me, if I had 3,000 unread emails the chances are 2,999 of them would be offering be a Rolex or a bigger penis.
The experts came up with the figures after monitoring the email accounts of 3,650 people from 150 organisations over an 18 month period.
"Many people will be tempted to adopt the 'delete all' strategy when they return to the office, but it's a hi-risk approach," said Bob Hallewell of communications consultancy Expert Messaging.
"There is no doubt it brings a cathartic pleasure, but then remember you are back to work and you may be deleting some important or critical information."
The email expert suggests people use what he describes as a '4D email strategy' when they first get back into the office, grouping emails into those which need to be dealt wit, delegated, deferred until later or deleted.
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