Opinion: Holiday emails getting out of hand?


One option to keep your inbox uncluttered this time of year is to filter retail emails. — Jim Rossman/TNS

I’m writing this column on Cyber Monday, and if your email inbox is anything like mine, every company I’ve ever dealt with online is sending emails trying to steer me to buy something on their website.

I usually don’t mind a company sending me emails about their sales if I am an active customer, but it does get a bit out of hand starting in early November.

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