by Traverse Legal, reviewed by Enrico Schaefer - October 6, 2008 - Uncategorized
Since getting our new Appriver.com Spam Service in place, the number of emails which hit my inbox on my Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet PC has been reduced by probably something in the range of 85%. I recently posted about our new spam filtering service in an article titled “The Measure of a Man Is the Size of His Junk Email Folder”.
After one week of being virtually immune from spam, I have several surprising observations to make. Because I receive email on my laptop and blackberry, reducing the amount of new email hitting my inbox has caused a drastic decrease in generalized anxiety. This is probably for several reasons where the first is that when email is hitting your inbox, you’re always wondering if one of them might be important. When email is constantly hitting the inbox, whether it’s spam or not, you are left to wonder whether or not something important is happening. Reducing the amount of email hitting your inbox reduces the overall level of anxiety. There’s a big difference between having ninety new emails and having five. I can quickly see that almost nothing is going on and get back to my normal life, other business activity or simply having fun.
Previously, the amount of spam hitting my inbox made me feel like I was constantly under attack. I have written previously about the effects of technology everyday business and personal life. While technology allows you to work 24 x 7, there are some great positive effects of constantly being able to see what’s going on. 99% of the time, you are checking email just to make sure everything is okay. Most of the time, everything is okay. Not having to wonder whether or not something important has happened without your attention is a very powerful benefit which technology, and specifically Blackberrys and other email receiving cell phones create.
Eliminating spam also removes that anxiety that somewhere in your inbox is an email that you’ve missed because of the shear volume of junk. While I use Copernic Desktop Search to quickly analyze my email content, It is really nice having a much more manageable amount of email waiting for my review when I pick up a portable or start up my laptop.
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As a founding partner of Traverse Legal, PLC, he has more than thirty years of experience as an attorney for both established companies and emerging start-ups. His extensive experience includes navigating technology law matters and complex litigation throughout the United States.
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