I'm an email horder.

Brain of J.Lo
Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
edited May 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
For some reason, I have trouble deleting email messages, no matter how unimportant they are. And sometimes I'll get newsletters or coupons, things for which I've signed up....and even after they'll be expired or are obsolete information, I STILL keep them.

Am I the only one with this problem? lol
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    you're not alone.....i have every email i've received and sent since 1998.....minus newsletters and advertisements....and of course junk mail....:)
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    For some reason, I have trouble deleting email messages, no matter how unimportant they are. And sometimes I'll get newsletters or coupons, things for which I've signed up....and even after they'll be expired or are obsolete information, I STILL keep them.

    Am I the only one with this problem? lol

    I'm the same way - I delete e-mails when my inbox is full, and that's it.:p I always convince myself I'll read them again sometime, sorta planning nostalgia in advance or something, but I never do.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I'm actually the extreme opposite. I can't stand to have an e-mail hanging around after I've read it. If its a coupon or something I print it, and delete it immediately.
    "It's all happening"
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    cutback wrote:
    you're not alone.....i have every email i've received and sent since 1998.....minus newsletters and advertisements....and of course junk mail....:)

    Wow, that makes me feel a little better! lol :D

    I actually have an absurd amount of newsletters/advertisement/job postings in my inbox that I've never even OPENED. At the time I receive them, I just think "oh, well, I'll get to that later. But once it falls off of the first page, it's gone to me. Yet I still can't go through and just do a mass deletion, because I worry that there'll be something important...lol. The number of unread messages (that I tell myself I will get to some day) is embarrassingly large.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    For some reason, I have trouble deleting email messages, no matter how unimportant they are. And sometimes I'll get newsletters or coupons, things for which I've signed up....and even after they'll be expired or are obsolete information, I STILL keep them.

    Am I the only one with this problem? lol


    i delete them as quick as they come in

    i like my box clean lololo
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    The oldest email in my inbox is from 1999, and I have around 2200 emails in there...oops!
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    i used to be that way, i've gotten better about it. only by a little bit though :o i get into slash and burn modes, but even then i keep the notes that are sweet or make me smile. i'm sentimental.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Wow, that makes me feel a little better! lol :D

    I actually have an absurd amount of newsletters/advertisement/job postings in my inbox that I've never even OPENED. At the time I receive them, I just think "oh, well, I'll get to that later. But once it falls off of the first page, it's gone to me. Yet I still can't go through and just do a mass deletion, because I worry that there'll be something important...lol. The number of unread messages (that I tell myself I will get to some day) is embarrassingly large.

    well let me add i have archived most of this mail.....and i have folders for specific mail - friends, family business etc....i'm pretty anal about keeping my email organized...yet the rest of my life is a mess....:o :D
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Rygar wrote:
    The oldest email in my inbox is from 1999, and I have around 2200 emails in there...oops!


    thats ridiculous
  • chiquimonkey
    chiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    Wow, that makes me feel a little better! lol :D

    I actually have an absurd amount of newsletters/advertisement/job postings in my inbox that I've never even OPENED. At the time I receive them, I just think "oh, well, I'll get to that later. But once it falls off of the first page, it's gone to me. Yet I still can't go through and just do a mass deletion, because I worry that there'll be something important...lol. The number of unread messages (that I tell myself I will get to some day) is embarrassingly large.
    you know what i've done with stuff like that, is make a separate mailbox for them, as soon as they come in i dump them in there, so they aren't cluttering my inbox. and then when i have time i just go thru and read/delete.

    still a sap for the other stuff though haha
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    NY PJ1 wrote:
    thats ridiculous
    Yup.
  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    tom when i get back to work

    i will have 100-200 new emails

    and they will be erased within 20 min lol
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I have not deleted any non-junk email from my inbox at work since I started 7 years ago. I just checked and I have over 16,000 emails in it. I was told by IT I have the third largest inbox in the company.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    I'm terrible for checking and deleting emails, I've usually got a couple of hundred sitting in my in box. I just can't be arsed to go through them all, it always seems like such a chore. There always seems to be more interesting things to do online than going through heaps of junk mail!
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    For some reason, I have trouble deleting email messages, no matter how unimportant they are. And sometimes I'll get newsletters or coupons, things for which I've signed up....and even after they'll be expired or are obsolete information, I STILL keep them.

    Am I the only one with this problem? lol

    not me!

    delete, delete, delete!


    i LOVe emptyiny my email, my PMs, etc. sure...there are some i keep a good long while, but yes...overall, i am all about orderliness for such things. i save my bizarre and freaky beahvior for errr.....other things. :p
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I used to be like that but now I am better with deleting.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,013
    i just pm'd evryone on this thread just keep me there ok :eek: .....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • CServant
    CServant DCO Posts: 1,182
    Currently = 975 msgs in my in-box, and I just cleaned it out! I feel your pain.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Mark Twain
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    josevolution wrote:
    i just pm'd evryone on this thread just keep me there ok :eek: .....
    Haha, better send again
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,013
    Rygar wrote:
    Haha, better send again

    damm your fast with that delete button me too :)..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....

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