[header] How to effectively use email at work [title] Allocate specific times of the day to read and respond to your e-mail. [step] If you don't stay in control of checking your e-mail, you may end up wasting too much of your work day checking it. Try to respond to emails immediately. 
[title] Organize your email whenever you are in it. [step] Effective use of work email includes deleting emails you know you won't need as you read them and filing those that you will need in specified folders.