Windows 8 In Depth

Maintaining Mail

For the most part, Mail is a set-it-and-forget-it application. After the program and your accounts have been set up, you can go about your email business without worrying about Mail itself. However, to ensure trouble- and worry-free operation, here’s a list of a few maintenance chores you should perform from time to time:

• Remove clutter from your inbox—Few things in business life are more daunting and frustrating than an inbox bursting at the seams with a huge list of new or unprocessed messages. To prevent this from happening, you should regard the Inbox folder as a temporary holding area for all your incoming messages. Periodically, you should perform the following routine to keep your Inbox clean:

If a message doesn’t require ...