by Nina A
Member since:
June 23, 2007

Gather mail....and chuck it out the window

October 21, 2009 12:28 AM EDT
views: 302 | rating: 9.6/10 (22 votes) | comments: 54

angry,angry face,mad

As I love receiving mail on Gather, it seems that I accumulate a lot of it.  I feel that I have to check my mail every hour.  And forget about going on vacation or being too busy for a few days because I end up with 2000 emails that never end.  I wish IN AN EXTREME MANNER that there was a better way to view and delete emails.  Otherwise I am stuck doing what I do now: select all - delete, select all - delete, select all - delete, repeat repeat repeat.

WHAT IF I MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT

oy.....

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Comments: 54

Holly K. Oct 21, 2009, 1:37am EDT
LOL - I know how you feel! Right now, I have 5816 unread email in my inbox. I feel like I have to get through all of it, but more keeps coming! I have so much to do!
Hey, I have the same issue... but it's just gathermail, not your real email.... let it go... all things that mean anything will come through regardless.... but don't fret.....
Nina A Oct 21, 2009, 3:47am EDT
I know it's just rather annoying to have to spend half an hour deleting messages :P
Since I belong to a couple of group email groups.... I try to not overdo it and make people PURPOSELY not click on me because they see my desperation... I spread it out. I only try to share what I feel other people might want to read, and then I only do it once.... I don't methodically send the same email out 10 times a day. I admit, this is one aspect of group email that irks me, and yes, deleting mail becomes MORE annoying when you're deleting the same f***ing message sent 15 times in one day... but again, only post to the ones that are important to you, and drop the other ones. You can still be a member, but you don't have to subject yourself to the overstuffing of your inbox.....
Nina A Oct 21, 2009, 1:05pm EDT
well after I wrote this I dwindled down my groups and seem to be getting less emails lol.
Stephanie S. Oct 21, 2009, 2:00am EDT
wow.. I don't get Near that much mail in Gather.. thank God.. That is how much I get in yahoo mail. That is enough work!
Dom H. Oct 21, 2009, 3:38am EDT
What about having 3 different email adresses with lots of emails into each? Well, talk about select all, delete... common task for me too ;)
Nina A Oct 21, 2009, 3:48am EDT
well outside of gather I have 7 email addresses and those are easier to keep up with lmao
Vinod Sailes Oct 21, 2009, 4:10am EDT
Nina, I can understand the strain you are going through with over 2000 innocent humans inspite of being very hard hit by recession, remembering you putting all their worries away about making both ends meet. How fortunate you are! How lucky you are having so many minds directed at you despite being so very hard hit! Wish I was in your place.
Nina A Oct 21, 2009, 1:06pm EDT
well I can email you all the time if you like lmao j/k
Emma L. Oct 21, 2009, 4:10am EDT
I've been "off" gather for a while...I totally know where you are coming from! It is overwhelming sometimes :)
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Oct 21, 2009, 5:19am EDT
The five thousand or six thousand gather emails a day is why I turned off all of my notices by all of my connections. I now don't get gather mail like that and just comment on what I see on my feed. Sometimes I may miss a good friend but it sure beats the alternative of having to delete thousands of emails daily.

What did it for me is having something like seventy five thousand emails in one of my yahoo accounts that I couldn't figure out how to delete en masse so I just have blown off that account...
Tami G. Oct 21, 2009, 11:11am EDT
This is what I had to do to keep my sanity. I turn off all things for everyone, friends, groups, interests etc. I go through my feeds to see, when I have the time. It has become a real pleasure & I have been able to add some new friends.
Nina A Oct 21, 2009, 1:07pm EDT
hmm I think I shall do this as well. thanks
Cristina S. Oct 21, 2009, 6:44am EDT
That's what I do: no more notification to Gather email, unless someone sends me something directly. Those that routinely mail more than once a day got blocked - it got too unwieldy! I also have a gmail account I use exclusively for Gather - set it up that way on purpose. Here I get all notifications. If it gets too full - you have the option of deleting the whole shebang at once!!
On gather I seldom get more than one or two mails a day now - and they are usually private and I want to read them...
So all you need to do is make some decisions about email - and then the problem is gone!
Cheers!
Nina A Oct 22, 2009, 3:56am EDT
well i have no problem with getting emails from gather in my yahoo accounts....since i made sure that i don't....i'm just tired of getting so many on here lol
Hi,

I agree, then I have to go into the sent folder and delete those too. It does take time and it's a lot of effort.
amy r. Oct 21, 2009, 7:45am EDT
Lol, I feel ya!
Elizabeth R. Oct 21, 2009, 7:47am EDT
I don't get that many messages from Gather. I get the bulk of my messages from graphics groups.
Sharon R. Oct 21, 2009, 8:22am EDT
I started a new program where every day I take the first page of my Gather email... First I go down the list and delete all but one of the duplicates - I then go through and block sender all those from people in groups I belong to - but people I don't normally read - it will be on my gather page too, so don't need it here!!!
In just a weeks time I have cut down my gather email by over half!!!!
Denise B. Oct 21, 2009, 9:09am EDT
I delete every morning
Jennifer R. Oct 21, 2009, 9:23am EDT
Been there and done that a few times. Maybe they will come up with something better. You know something else I would like to see is not receiving the same email 15,000 times because someone is sending them out to the group and the two of you belong to more than one of the same groups.
Gessy D. Oct 21, 2009, 9:54am EDT
I get lots of mail also. I delete them as soon as I am done reading.
Laurun M. Oct 21, 2009, 9:55am EDT
If you get too many from a particular person just block sender. Believe me, this saves loads of time. That doesn't mean you totally cut that person out of your communication because you can find their posts and still comment on them. It just eliminates the daily hassle.
John Philipp Oct 21, 2009, 10:00am EDT
I control via the email settings, Nina. I only get emails when someone comments on my column or they send me something directly.
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 21, 2009, 10:26am EDT
I don't join groups that send a lot of email. I have things set so if I'm interested in that group, I am notified, otherwise, I don't want to know :) I have a few friends (set to "close friends" in my grouping list) that I am notified when they post something. Otherwise, almost all group emails are turned off.

It's hard to manage the deluge, and I get information overload. I can't possible go read every single thing posted, so I try to stick with things I'm interested in. Sometimes when I get busy at work (or go away for a while), I turn everything off. But I still end up trying to find a "hot spot" to go through my email while on vacation :)
Geoff Geauterre Oct 21, 2009, 10:38am EDT
Nina, I understand your pain.
Oxnard Oasis Oct 21, 2009, 11:25am EDT
Wow. Seven e-mail addresses? Does a person really need seven e-mail addresses? No wonder you're tired of reading and deleting e-mails.
Tonya P. Oct 21, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
I know what you mean. Its none stop ! Totally over whelming ! Drives me Crazy!!
Sandre M. Oct 21, 2009, 5:54pm EDT
When I was away for a few months, I had the same experience. I did a lot of the things described above, plus I may delete the emails I don't care to read at the moment, then set aside a time when I can go visit a particular group and read the most recent postings on that group.
Joseph Breunig Oct 21, 2009, 6:09pm EDT
LOL - I know the feeling; I seem to have an average of 6,000 emails at any given time. Previously I sent Gather.com a message about deleting the duplicate copies of my e-mail messages, but it went unanswered. SO much for IT technology - a sort utility could easily lower the number of mesages we all receive. Unfortunately it's a low priority. --Joe
Nina A Oct 22, 2009, 4:01am EDT
i think the best thing is to set it up so there is more on the page than 20 that way i can delete them faster...kinda like they way real email works lol
F. Jeanette c. Oct 21, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
I average 3-5 hundred emials a day. I am on six different sites. I'm only open for photos
on Gather. But, others do come through. Then when I get time I read dfferent things that have been posted.
10 4 u
Sharon B. Oct 21, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
I have over 10,000 e-mails....so please bear with the generic comment... thanks for sharing
Nina A Oct 22, 2009, 4:02am EDT
LMFAO this is EXACTLY what I am talking about rotfl
Sharon B. Oct 22, 2009, 11:18pm EDT
lol...And that was just on Gather... partly because I have not been on here in a while... and I have several other e-mail accounts... thank God this is not paper mail... I would be buried alive...
Carrie Marie P. Oct 21, 2009, 11:04pm EDT
i don't have anything sent to my personal e-mail address... that's just crazy to me. I do average 70 e-mails a day in my gather mail box, but a lot of mass e-mails from groups. I just delete the repeats. No biggie.
golds g. Oct 21, 2009, 11:08pm EDT
I skim
Annmarie B. Oct 22, 2009, 3:31am EDT
I throw so many away or my life would just be gather
Bill W. Oct 22, 2009, 9:41am EDT
What if you just assume that nothing of any real import will come to you via e mail/chat groups then you can delete all in a wisp and go to the funny farm with a clear conscience?

I know! This doesn't help.

Rest easy
Nina A Oct 23, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
I could....but then i would still have to sit there for an hour deleting all of the emails.....gather just needs to have a better emailing system :P
julie (I want your coke codes) Oct 22, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
There should be an "empty mailbox" option cause it can seriously take forever to keep selecting all and deleting!
Shelbia C. Oct 22, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
I wish there was a way of isolating the sender and viewing all mail from that sender like on aol.
Nina A Oct 23, 2009, 6:51pm EDT
yet another great idea. I think we should start a petition for gather to change it's email format! lol
elpaso9 5. Oct 22, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
greetings anicheri: ha-ha-ha This is a very good topic & amazingly related to my emails. my cpu is messed up & i cannot do the things that i really want to do while surfing the web. so, i have my group settings to receive all post only from my groups. and i still get tons of emails daily. and when i can i do try & see other people posts & pics. now i am going to just keep up with my friends posts & comments. untill i get a new laptop! i can only do so much ina day.
Jan S. Oct 22, 2009, 11:38pm EDT
It's not easy to keep up. I delete all multiples first, then begin reading the rest.
hahaha......
Have over 3000 in my original email address for gather...
and my current one has over 30,000....

and I thinking about making a new destination for them to go again...
sorry ..............

: )
I agree! And I absolutely hate going to another page (besides page 1...like 2, 3, 4, etc) and deleting a few from there only to have the darn thing revert back to page 1. If I wanted to always be on page 1 then I would CLICK on page 1. Sigh, huff, puff, blah, blah.
Elaine B. Oct 25, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
I understand how you feel. I get a lot of mail on gather, but less comments on my post. I just don't understand it. But if I feel the mail is important I'll answer it, but otherwise delete it.
Lydia (part of the solution) Shelley Oct 26, 2009, 12:07pm EDT
It would be nice if we could sort and organize emails. It's especially annoying when someone posts to 20 groups via mass email and I am in all 20 groups so I get the same email 20 times.
: (
Shirl T. Oct 29, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
YEP
Heather E. Oct 30, 2009, 1:44pm EDT
I can so identify. I have another group where i get lots of e mail as well.
farr j. Nov 4, 2009, 1:43pm EST
i have to rreject new groups e-mailing me;until I get the time to reach them. now I concentrate on Hitching Post, before it was someone else. Eventually I'll get to Bibliopheonix. It just takes time.
Larry W. Nov 8, 2009, 8:21pm EST
my wife has over 8,000 and she is going nutz she did my emails and she did her best friends but she has not done hers yet.

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