Pages in topic: [1 2] > | Poll: How often do you check your email? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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It depends on where I am. When I am at my desk, it is always opened and I see immediately if a new email arrives. But when I am out, I check it only in a free wi-fi zone, if any. | | | Michael Harris Germany Local time: 01:58 Member (2006) German to English
Whenever I get the notification in a small window, and if it is "worth looking at", then I look at it, otherwise I just leave it running in the background | | | At least every hour | May 5, 2014 |
At least every hour because I’m either at my desk and check out of habit, or if I‘m out and about my mobile notifies me when I have a new message. | |
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Other - it shows up automatically | May 5, 2014 |
Like Michael, I glance at the source and subject in the window that pops up, and if I'm not interested I let it ride until later. That said, I'm trying to discipline myself to look at it less often, so lately I've been closing the program for a couple of hours at a stretch, especially in the evening. Of course, I always start the next day by checking everything that has come in. | | | Mary Worby United Kingdom Local time: 00:58 German to English + ... I voted other ... | May 5, 2014 |
Because I don't 'check' my e-mail as such, it comes to me. If I'm at my desk, I'm permanently connected so the e-mail pings into the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. If I'm out and about, the phone chirrups to herald the arrival of new messages. So no need to check at all. | | | Every two hours, when I am not too busy. | May 5, 2014 |
Twice a day when I am very busy, or out--you cannot be a slave to your mail after all. What else could you do, if you were checking mail every five minutes? | | | Diana Coada (X) United Kingdom Local time: 00:58 Portuguese to English + ... Every 5 minutes | May 5, 2014 |
because it is always open in my browser. | |
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It depends, If I am not too busy I check it every 5 minutes. But I read only the important messages. | | |
Michael Harris wrote: Whenever I get the notification in a small window, and if it is "worth looking at", then I look at it, otherwise I just leave it running in the background Same here, I use an email notifier, when I am not at my desk I have my smartphone. | | |
Michael Harris wrote: Whenever I get the notification in a small window, and if it is "worth looking at", then I look at it, otherwise I just leave it running in the background If it is from a client or otherwise important, I check it straight away. If it is not urgent, I carry on working and check it out at the next coffee break. My computer is set to collect mails every 15 minutes. | | | Woodstock (X) Germany Local time: 01:58 German to English + ...
Same here - my email program is always active (usually minimized) and set up to put out a sound alert when a new email hits my inbox. In addition, a small window showing the sender and subject pops up (and then disappears after a few seconds), so I can check at a glance to see if it's from an existing or potential client. If not, then I can safely ignore it until I have more time to deal with it, usually at the end of the day. | |
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Nicola Wood Austria Local time: 01:58 Member (2010) German to English
Just like most people here my e-mail is constantly running, either on my computer when working or my phone when not, except on Sundays and holidays when both are off unless I decide to check, or the outlook app decides to ignore my quiet time settings | | | neilmac Spain Local time: 01:58 Spanish to English + ...
I have several e-mail accounts. Like many people, when I first opened an e-mail account, it was with Hotmail and I used my full name. I soon realised this was not a good idea and my initial account soon filled up with spam. To minimise this and avoid mixing more business-related mails with e-mails sent by friends with jokes, fun and nonsense, I started to use dedicated e-mail accounts for different purposes. For example, when visiting websites you are often invited to register, or obliged to do... See more I have several e-mail accounts. Like many people, when I first opened an e-mail account, it was with Hotmail and I used my full name. I soon realised this was not a good idea and my initial account soon filled up with spam. To minimise this and avoid mixing more business-related mails with e-mails sent by friends with jokes, fun and nonsense, I started to use dedicated e-mail accounts for different purposes. For example, when visiting websites you are often invited to register, or obliged to do so before being able to view the page, giving an e-mail address. Assuming that this e-mail address would later be used to bombard me with spam, I tended to use certain accounts for this purpose and for little else. I have one dedicated e-mail account for proz correspondence, but I rarely look at it, in fact I had better do so today, because it's been a couple of weeks since I last checked it. I have another account which I use for software registrations and similar transactions. I also have another one which is my “main” business-related account... and so on and so on. Assuming that the poll query refers to my work-related e-mail account, I check it several times a day, probably at least once an hour, although I don't really keep tabs on that kind of detail. ▲ Collapse | | | Nicole Schnell United States Local time: 16:58 English to German + ... In memoriam
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