While conversing with my friend over at dopplercow.com, we got into a discussion about how companies allow their users to have HUGE email boxes and other stupid behavioral patterns that they allow. It’s amazing how out of hand email has become. What started as a joke has now become a blog post, here’s some quick tips on how to successfully manage your email servers.

1. Stop using email for attachments. Collaborative Document Suites 4TW
2. Stop CHATTING in email. Instant Messaging 4TW
3. Stop being an idiot and delete your old mail. Cleanliness 4TW

With the addendum from Chris over at Dopplercow

Allow IT to implement mail quotas.

I’ll add my 0.02 to that and say

1. Allow IT to implement mail quotas. Good IT Practices 4TW