Based on the experience of ~500 email/day: I check emails every 1-2 hours and act on it in 5 minutes. - stuff I can immediately delete - stuff I can respond w

Based on the experience of ~500 email/day: I check emails every 1-2 hours and act on it in 5 minutes. - stuff I can immediately delete - stuff I can respond with one liner on the spot - stuff I need to do some work on, I leave it separate for later that day or I forward it to myself for later This is based on urgency and importance, that is easy to assess. Reading an email takes from a few seconds to a minute, 200 emails should not take more than 30 minutes to check. If you leave it to pile up, it is harder to manage (at least for me). One more thing I do is I ask my team no avoid sending me emails I don't need to act on and I don't need to be informed about. I also tell them to put me in CC if I don't need to act. It reduces the number of emails I receive and it makes it easier to evaluate. On average I have less than 50 emails per day that I really need to read and less than 25 are important.