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"Here's an email so we don't forget"
Posted on August 22, 2007
Never use an email message as way to remember something, it will be lost more times than not.
I've made this mistake many times and it wasn't until recently that I got tired of hunting emails from months past that I came to this conclusion. Its ironic that people send messages with subjects like "So we don't forget". Those messages go into the "Sent" box of the sender with every other sent message, and either becomes one of thousands in an "Inbox" or gets filed away into recipients' folders.
If you insist on using your Email client, a better method of remembering information is to use the Task or Note pad. These are lists/collections of specific items that you put there, and not a repository/archive of all messages, like your inbox and personal folders likely are.
Even better, create a central directory that all parties involved can access. Place a document in this folder that contains the information you would like to remember.
Just remember that just because you've kept your email account SPAM free and are involved in only one project, that doesn't mean every has. I've known people that get 200 work related emails per day. The last thing they need is a message from you, so YOU don't forget. Take responsibility and create a better way to remember things.
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