In a previous post, I shared some thoughts on how users can help overcome email overload by adopting better habits on both the sending and receiving ends.
But a big part of taming the beast is making it happen before it gets to the end user in the first place. You may be surprised to know that here at Sendmail, getting the inbox under control is a big part of what we do. But it’s not just about reducing clutter. It’s simply making email work better.
Cutting out spam (pdf) is the biggest problem, and one we do well—as much as 99.7 percent of incoming spam can be stopped dead in its tracks with our advanced filtering technologies. The effectiveness in our ability to block spam is equaled by our ability to eliminate false positives, which can prevent the delivery of important messages and quickly put a damper on your work day. With our Sentrion Trustphere (pdf) application, we can protect legitimate senders and make sure their messages always get through. This means you don’t have to waste time chasing down emails in the Junk folder, asking colleagues whether or not they got your email, or completely dropping the ball on a project.
Another way we make the inbox work better is through our Sentrion Strip and Link app, which automatically removes attachments from emails and replaces them with a link to the cloud where they can be accessed from anywhere. How many times have you been on the road, unable to access an attachment stored in your desktop email? With Sentrion Strip and Link, you can access those documents and other files anytime and from anywhere you want. And with our new Email Archiving and Email Continuity capabilities, powered by Mimecast, you can access the emails themselves—anytime, anywhere and even if your email is down.
But there are even more ways we make email work harder for you. Have you ever clicked send only to regret it seconds later? Perhaps your email could have been worded better. Perhaps you weren’t even done working on it. Perhaps you accidentally sent it to the wrong person. With our Sent-by-Mistake Prevention App, (pdf) which adds an automatic lag time after you click send, you get a second chance. Not only are you protecting yourself against embarrassing gaffes but also information leaks that could land you in even hotter water.
Together with Sendmail on the backend and better email management on the user end, email can work better. And when email works better, you can work better, too.