Hey Email, Keep Quiet and Carry On

Unless you live in a bunker underground hold off for an foreign plan of attack or the impact of the granddaddy of all meteors , life is noisy . roar car engines , honking car horns , blabbering people , bark dogs — it can all be pretty overwhelming . And with 294 billion emails fly around every day , even checking your email can palpate like you ’re being outrage from all sides .

But take some little comfort in the fact that you ’re not alone . The typical somebody receives nearly 15,000 emails every year , and studies have found thatgraymail — all the newssheet , daily deals , and societal update you choose to receive — comprises up to 80 % of your inbox . As graymail continues to grow , most people will be receiving 1,000 + more emails annually in the not - so - removed future . Which does not bode well for inbox efficiency : even though 85 % of average emailers assure their inbox multiple clock time a solar day , it can still take over a half an hr just to slog through all those substance . And if you have more than one email account , the numbers just reproduce .

Check out the video above ( and the chart to your leftfield ! ) for a visualisation of how noisy the typical email account has become . But do n’t go melt down for that trap just yet . Hotmail is quieting your inbox with their impudent graymail direction features . “ Sweep ” earmark you to take an electronic mail and have all of the postal service from that transmitter either send to one folder or straight to the codswallop . apply “ Schedule Cleanup ” to automatically free your inbox of quondam newssheet or deals every few twenty-four hour period , every calendar month , or whenever a new one come . Click here to try out all these features and more at Hotmail . Do you listen that ? precisely — it ’s the sweet auditory sensation of silence .