I just analyzed my email messages. The majority of the ones I didn’t subscribe to and that were nothing but ads were coming to one email address. I like keeping my email clean, lean, and to one screen (hey, that rhymes!). To reduce incoming messages, I knew the solution in this case was to eliminate this email address.

Here’s my process (I’m using Outlook 2007).

1. Removed that email address from my auto Send/Receive. I started checking the account manually about once a week. See the first video below to learn how to do this.
2. Created a rule that sent messages coming from that account to a special folder. Check out the second video below and see how easy it is to do this.

Video 1

Video 2

After a month, I scrolled through to see if anyone was using the email address that should be notified of the cancellation (2 people).

1. Notified people to change my email address they were using.
2. Contacted Earthlink to cancel the email account.
3. Removed the email account from Outlook and my iPhone.
4. Created an email account to use for miscellaneous email. I can eliminate this account at any time and not have to notify anyone.

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PEACE.