From: Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: jemarch@gnu.org
Cc: Keith Lancaster <klancaster1957@acm.org>,
Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email?
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wdlh2sr.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iqcp3ai5.wl%jemarch@gnu.org>
At Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:01:38 +0100,
jemarch@gnu.org wrote:
>
>
> I've moved to a "0 size mailbox" approach to handling my email
> (which works well with org and, in fact, requires org to work at
> all really) so this is not an issue for me.
>
> That sounds like an interesting approach. Could you elaborate on
> that? Yes, I also have problems with my huge longstanding mailboxes
> :(
>
google "zero email approach" and you'll get all kinds of blogs etc on
this topic, including those that recommend the complete opposite
approach (never delete email). For instance, here are two:
http://interimvptoday.com/email-inbox-zero-versus-never-delete-email/
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/009311.html
These and the others you will find allude to this approach fitting in
with the more general GTD view, which is why org-mode is critical (for
me) to get this working.
The summary is 5 actions when dealing with new email:
* Delete: just get rid of it (or archive it)
* Delegate: get someone else to deal with it
* Respond: if it takes just a few minutes, do it right now
* Defer: put it on a todo list, archive it, and deal with it later
* Do: handle whatever the email actually needs you to do
The aim is to not have to go back to your inbox to see what you have
to deal with -- that's what org-mode (or whatever) is for. Too much
time is wasted trawling through huge inboxes looking for actions to
respond to which means you're using an inbox as a todo list. This is
not effective.
Others will of course argue otherwise! All I can say is that I
switched to this approach about 9 months ago and I couldn't go back!
The stress relief is incredible...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-02 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-01 21:34 [OT] Emacs for email? Keith Lancaster
2009-12-01 22:59 ` Ben Finney
2009-12-02 7:59 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-12-02 8:31 ` Ben Finney
2009-12-02 9:23 ` bluedian
2009-12-01 23:28 ` David Bremner
2009-12-01 23:36 ` Nick Dokos
2009-12-01 23:57 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2009-12-02 0:39 ` Keith Lancaster
2009-12-02 14:22 ` Leo
2009-12-02 18:38 ` David Neu
2009-12-02 22:48 ` Eric Schulte
2009-12-02 23:08 ` Keith Lancaster
2009-12-03 5:21 ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-02 13:43 ` Matt Price
2009-12-02 21:04 ` David Maus
2009-12-03 16:53 ` Matt Price
2009-12-03 21:55 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2009-12-02 0:40 ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-02 1:02 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2009-12-02 8:03 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-12-02 2:15 ` Dan Davison
2009-12-02 2:56 ` Russell Adams
2009-12-02 6:36 ` Manuel Hermenegildo
2009-12-02 6:39 ` Gour
2009-12-03 7:05 ` Russell Adams
2009-12-03 6:38 ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-03 8:22 ` Ulf Stegemann
2009-12-03 11:25 ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-03 10:53 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-12-02 6:30 ` Xavier Maillard
2009-12-02 9:37 ` Eric S Fraga
2009-12-02 11:01 ` jemarch
2009-12-02 14:24 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2009-12-02 16:31 ` jemarch
2009-12-02 20:30 ` David Maus
2009-12-02 17:31 ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-02 18:33 ` Eric Schulte
2009-12-02 19:03 ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-02 17:00 ` Russell Adams
2009-12-02 12:58 ` Otto Diesenbacher
2009-12-03 17:10 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2009-12-03 17:51 ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-03 19:53 ` Enrico Indiogine
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