My email rules...

So last night I decided that I would clean up my email both at work and at home.  Just like in my life I am not that crazy about clutter - so a three digit inbox is more than I can mentally handle.   But I started to really look at the emails that I get from folks and if I could write emails rules just so folks know ahead what I am going to read... they would go something like this...

1.  If it is funny, send it.  I love to laugh.
2.  If it is heartwarming, send it.   You just can't read too many good things.
3.  If it is a compliment or will make my day, please hit send.
4.  If you are asking for prayers or sending me one, go ahead send it my way - because in the middle of working in front of these machines all day - prayer is always welcome.
5.  If it is a puzzle or a game, I will play.
6.  If you are going to teach me something, even trivia, my mind is open.
7.  If you are helping a cause, let me know - I try to help.

Now here is where my delete button gets happy....
8.  I don't like email that makes me cry or makes me sad.  I know that this is me living in a fairy tale world - but I don't watch bad news or sad TV - so I am not going to read it in my email.  Mom, please note.
9.  I tend to pass on email that puts down the president or any elected official.  I deleted them when they were about W, and I delete them now about Obama.  I give all elected officials credit because theirs is not a job I would want.  And somehow, I just don't think we see the complete picture when we forward away - true or not.
10.  I am not email superstitious.  In real life, I am.  I don't like Friday the 13th.  I have the same ritual everytime I board a plane.  I never travel without my cross.  But don't tell me that I have to forward stuff... I throw caution to the wind.  I will, however, forward if it meets my criteria 1-7 - but only to the people who I really think that it fits.

What do you do?  Do you have unwritten email rules too?

TLSS