You will mainly receive emails when you receive a friend request, get new likes on page or post, when someone comments on your status, etc. Here is a way to control these notifications.
You will be able to control these notifications by using a service. The name of this service is Notification Control.
Steps for Twitter :
- Open Twitter in your browser and log in to your account.
- Follow this [Link]. This will send you to the E-mail Notification page directly.
- Now uncheck any option you want to do in three parts i.e. Activity related to you and your tweets, Activity from your network and Updates from twitter. Twitter will send you same quantities of e-mails.
Steps for Facebook :
- Open Facebook in your favorite browser and Log In to your account first.
- Click on this [Link]. This will send you to the Notification page directly without any effort.
- The settings of Notifications are divided into two parts - How you get notifications and What you get notified about. Click on Edit to change your e-mail notification settings.
Steps for Google+ :
- Now uncheck any setting you want to do. Mainly settings are - Photos, Circles, Posts, etc.