Poll: Do You Check E-mail On Your Days Off?

Bad news for all us office workers. According to a survey conducted by Xobini, 72 percent of Americans check e-mail on vacation, sick days, and while in bed. A full quarter of the respondents claim they feel overwhelmed and unproductive from the volume of email they receive while out of the office.

What about you? When you're off, are you genuinely off, or do you do e-mail on the sly when you should be enjoying yourself or suffering through the flu?

Take the poll below -- and remember that if you suffer from e-mail management issues, we've got a slew of tips and tricks to help you better manage your mail problem and work more efficiently. [via Lifehacker]

• Cure Your E-mail Addiction
• Schedule Important E-mail to Reappear In Your Inbox When You Need It
• Triage Important E-mail by Filtering Messages Not Addressed to You
• Why Mobile E-mail Signatures Can Hurt Your Business Relationships

Dave Johnson

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Dave Johnson is editor of eHow Tech and author of three dozen books, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera. Dave has previously worked at Microsoft and has written about technology for a long list of magazines that include PC World and Wired.

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