I used to complain how PPMDS are unresponsive, until I woke up with 500 work related emails one day. I'll give you credit for clearing your emails everyday, cause I know I won't.

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Rules. Not all of those 500 you got are important or even addressed to you.

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You just have to figure out which ones to prioritize, write some clever outlook rules, and train people when they reach out to you without reason... Also, get an EA

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@A1 Thanks. But I'm a consultant. I'm a long way from getting an EA.

Well, you done got screwed.

Gotta do rules. I color-code anything sent to me vs copying me. Saves me so much time. Any of the standard mailer@mailer emails go to a folder and never hit my inbox.

Oh. Color coding is a good idea. And I will set rules for mailer@mailer emails. Thanks @SM1. I work with +50 PPMDS and can't really set rules around that. Some PPMDS can be creative in their subjects instead of hitting the reply button. So I have to follow through in addition to manage team expectations. I do remind my team to ping me on IM if there is urgency.

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