Recently, I found a new, more effective way to optimize my inbox. What\u2019s interesting is, I haven\u2019t seen this idea shared publicly \u2014 but I know of a 8-figure CEO who uses it privately.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The end result is a cleaner, more organized automatic sorting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m calling the strategy the Catch-All Coordination.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n This trick requires you to have your own domain. You don\u2019t need a website, just a domain to receive email. If you need a domain, the most inexpensive solution online is Cloudfare<\/a>. Google Domains<\/a> is also a good option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s the five-step strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope this Catch-All Coordination helps you better manage your inbox and feel less stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Question of the day: How do you manage your inbox?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Optimizing your inbox is one of the best productivity wins and life hacks. For many business owners and entrepreneurs, the inbox is a logjam of requests, newsletters, high-priority fires, low-priority requests, and more distractions. If you optimize your inbox, you can drastically cut down on your time spent reacting each day \u2014 and more time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1576,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Finally, set up your main domain email address that you set up in step #1 to forward to your personal Gmail.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dmkthinks-blog-forwarders.png\")
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To set up the catch-all, click on \u201cDefault Address\u201d under the Email area in your CPanel.
This is where you can configure unrouted email to forward. I forward the unrouted email to my single domain email address set up in step #1, which then forwards to my personal Gmail. You could forward it directly to Gmail, but I like to send everything through my domain first for easier organization and keeping everything easy to remember and clean.
To get the forwarding working, select the \u201cForward to Email Address\u201d option, and put in your domain email address.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"This](\"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dmkthinks-blog-catchallsetup.jpg\")
This can be done by going into your Gmail settings, then clicking \u201cAccounts and Import\u201d, and then \u201cAdd another email address\u201d.
I recommend you add the domain email address you configured in step #1 above.
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To set up filters in Gmail, go to your Gmail settings and then click \u201cFilters and Blocked Addresses\u201d. In that view, you can add different filters depending on which emails you receive. Here are some that I use:
receipts at my domain = mark as receipts label
travel at my domain = mark as travel label
health at my domain = mark as health label and newsletter label
There\u2019s no limit to the amount of email addresses you can use, and the filters you can have. You can get get as granular as you want!
On top of the specific labels, I also mark anything being sent to *dmkthinks.org with the label dmkthinks.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n![\"How](\"https:\/\/dmkthinks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dmkthinks-blog-replytogmail.jpg\")
For example, on Amazon you could use amazon@yourdomain.com. Or, for all receipts you could use receipts@yourdomain.com. Or, anything you want!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n