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27 Apr

Podcast: Done! No. 676 - Browse email folders or search – which is faster?


Datum: 2026-04-27 08:45
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How should you quick­ly find the right email? You don’t want to spend time searching.

This week’s episode of Done! is about an IBM study that guides you on whether you should use fold­ers or just search.

Here’s how to search more effi­cient­ly in Out­look, in Gmail and in Mail for Mac.

Do you have a favorite search term that you use often? Do you search for a spe­cif­ic key­word, by sender, by whether the email con­tains an attach­ment, or some oth­er smart com­bi­na­tion? Write to me and tell me!


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