WEBVTT - Check your spam folder

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to check your spam folder. Even the best

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<v Speaker 1>email programs sometimes send messages to the wrong place. By

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<v Speaker 1>checking once a week or so, you just might find

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<v Speaker 1>something interesting. So, like many people, I process my main

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<v Speaker 1>inbox to current every few days or so. But a

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<v Speaker 1>few months ago I remember feeling like it was strange

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<v Speaker 1>that I hadn't heard from someone. This person had seemed

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<v Speaker 1>quite adamant in an earlier conversation that they would be

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<v Speaker 1>reaching out about something soon. So on a hunch, I

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<v Speaker 1>checked my spam mailbox and sure enough, the message was there.

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<v Speaker 1>It was several days old at that point, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was there, and it was better to have read it

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<v Speaker 1>than not read it. And while I was there, I

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<v Speaker 1>also found a nice message from someone who had read

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<v Speaker 1>my books. I definitely wanted to respond to that one. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to print that particular message out. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>spam at all. I was a little miffed that my

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<v Speaker 1>email program thought it was. Now. Of course, those two

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<v Speaker 1>worth while messages were located in the middle of about

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred other messages that were pure garbage, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>Nigerian Prince level scam stuff. But it didn't take very

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<v Speaker 1>long to scroll through the one hundred garbage messages. I

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<v Speaker 1>was glad I checked, and maybe you will be too.

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<v Speaker 1>So today's episode is just a reminder that your primary

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<v Speaker 1>inbox may not be the sum total of all the

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<v Speaker 1>messages you are receiving. Most email pros try to sort

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<v Speaker 1>what is useful from what is not, and often they

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<v Speaker 1>do a really good job, but on occasion they don't.

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<v Speaker 1>You probably don't want to check your spam folder too closely,

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<v Speaker 1>as that is largely going to be a waste of time.

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<v Speaker 1>Checking once a week, on the other hand, means that

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<v Speaker 1>you can find anything that you truly do want to

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<v Speaker 1>see and you will still be responding in a reasonably

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<v Speaker 1>timely manner. So that is what I aim to do

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<v Speaker 1>on Fridays. If I am triaging my inbox from the

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<v Speaker 1>week and seeing what I still need to follow up on,

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<v Speaker 1>I take a quick glance at my spam folder in

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<v Speaker 1>the past week. I found some music from one of

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<v Speaker 1>my kids teachers. I guess the filter didn't like the attachment,

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<v Speaker 1>and a message from the school. It just took a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes to look, and it turned out that those

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<v Speaker 1>were minutes well spent. Have you ever found anything important

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<v Speaker 1>in your spam folder? I'd love to hear about any

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<v Speaker 1>near misses. You can reach me at Laura at Laura

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<v Speaker 1>vandercam dot com. If the message does go to spam,

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry, I will see it within the week. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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