Is your mailbox getting inundated with messages you “have to” read and reply to? If so, your efficiency is not as good as it should be.

We do not have to respond to every piece of information we receive, not even to thank the sender.

Here’s a tip that also might help: create a folder under Inbox, and a rule that sends every message there when you’re not the main recipient.

This is, when your address is on the Cc or Bcc list.

I called mine “Inbox CC”.

This way you can prioritize messages, reading and replying only if necessary.