Ever send yourself an email and then click on the 'you have new mail' alert a moment later?

Posted on February 8th

I send myself email... which sounds more pathetic than it is. I just use it as a way to hang onto links or notes to myself (do this, watch this, etc...). I do it all the time. Every once in awhile though, right after I send something to myself I see the 'new mail' pop up on my computer and I click on it wondering 'hey, what's that...'. And then I feel silly.



Write a Comment

Take a moment to comment and tell us what you think. Some basic HTML is allowed for formatting.

Reader Comments

I used to. The best way around it is to setup a rule so any e-mails from yourself (only) go into a folder like "Things To Do" or something like that and then you won't get alerted. It would be a neat Outlook plug-in though to have it then convert thos e-mails into tasks instead. ;)

I do it all the time. I like Erik's suggestion.