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Efficient email management can save Environment | TechSpace 101

 When you open your mail, do you also have 564 unread mails, 600 spams and 25 messages in drafts? If your mailbox also looks like this, unwillingly you are contributing to air pollution.

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Today we will talk about how using your mails effectively can help protect the environment. Have you ever wondered where are our mails stored? They are stored on multiple servers in different parts of the world. To run these servers, a lot of electricity is required and most of this electricity is generated through fossil fuels. Also this can lead to extreme air pollution.


According to reports, one spam mail can produce upto 0.3 gm Carbon dioxide. Emails with attachment can generate upto 50 gms Carbon dioxide.
Around 60 bn spam mails are sent everyday that generates roughly 18 lac kg of carbon dioxide. That's the calcualtion for a single day!

After all this knowledge, what can we do? There are multiple steps we can take to reduce carbon foot prints.

A. Delete useless mails. Server's data will then be deleted and thus less CO2 is generated.

B. Delete all your spams daily.


C. Unsubscribe to unwanted mails- Lot of times we subscribe to newsletters while online shopping or surfing. Better unsubscribe these mails. It will take some time but will reduce your mail count significantly.

D. Turn off social media notifications- We no longer require basic mail notifications for our social media activity. These are now available in social media apps as well. Manage your preferences and just activate security related mails.

E. Clean your mailbox whenever possible. You might be spending a lot of time scrolling through instagram and binge watching YouTube. Spend some 5-10 minutes on your inbox, read the mails and delete the unnecessary.



These are some of the steps you can take towards an eco-friendly life. We can't eliminate but for sure reduce the carbon footprint.

Let us know in comments what steps do you already follow to manage your mailbox. Also let us know if you have any suggestions.

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Comments

  1. Email is sufficient for everyone to connect people and communicate also.this is so because in our daily life social media is more time spend by people.Email is good to share everything and communicate easiest way for many people.

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    1. Yes, it's an effective way of formal communication but should be used carefully.

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    2. I will follow this. Thanks for sharing.

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    3. Thanks Priya for contributing to a eco-friendly environment!👍

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  2. Thank you Himanshu. And as you know I am doing all these stuffs from quite long. Nice blog will share with students.

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