Own Your Inbox Part 3: Exploring Email Account Options, the Unsubscribe Sweep, and Custom Notifications

Luke Reimer — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:27:49 +0000

In this final post in the series I’m going to walk through a few more advanced tips for managing your mail and reducing headaches that come with a constant flow of messages. In “Own Your Inbox Part 1” I covered five ways that BlackBerry® device features help you get things done, which included a discussion on when to use email and when not to use it (hint: you’re using email too much). In “Own Your Inbox Part 2” I explored sorting and organizing email effectively. The tips included touched on using accurate subject lines for improving search, organizing mail into conversations, using follow-up flags and tasks, filing messages, the “two-minute rule”, and controlling the flow of email into your inbox.

In this final post in the series, I’m going to walk through a few more advanced tips for managing your mail and reducing headaches that come with a constant inflow of messages.

Exploring Email Account Options

Today let’s dig deeper by discussing a few more advanced tips, beginning with exploring the email account options on your device. You likely walked through the mail setup process when you first got ahold of your device, but let’s take a look at some of the more in-depth features that can make your communication even more of a breeze. On your BlackBerry® 7 or BlackBerry 6 smartphone, hit the “Setup” icon, or just type it into universal search to find it. You’ll see a screen like this:

Inside BlackBerry » email account

Own Your Inbox Part 3: Exploring Email Account Options, the Unsubscribe Sweep, and Custom Notifications

Exploring Email Account Options