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techniques for organizing mail?

I know this isn't zine related but I know a lot of you on here are snail mailers. I've got quite a bit and I just keep it in a box. I wanna figure out an efficient way to store it and keep it in some sort of order.

Does anyone have any cool tricks/tips on keeping mail organized?

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Permalink Reply by Musculoso Barbaro on January 7, 2013 at 8:58am

Accordian file? It's the first thing that popped into my head..

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Permalink Reply by Billy Da Bunny on January 8, 2013 at 1:50am

are you talking about fresh mail that you need to reply to? or stacks of old mail? I have boxes and boxes of letters, and have finally realized i don't need to save EVERY SINGLE LETTER I GET, but I pretty much do. In no order at all.

However I keep all my "fresh" mail very organized. I can't find a picture of the desktop organizer I have, but it is similar to this: http://www.ergoindemand.com/adjustable-organizer-11-sections-steel-...

The key is to have those upright or vertical slots. Each time i get a letter i put it in the slot. the next letter goes the next slot over, and so on. that way i know what order i got which letter, and can respond in order. as i respond to a letter i remove it, toss it in a box, and move all the other ones up a spot. at a glance i can say, "Oh, i've got 7 or 8 letters there to respond to." Dorky, but has totally worked for me.