From: jemarch@gnu.org
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Keith Lancaster <klancaster1957@acm.org>,
Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email?
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:31:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87skbtnxrq.wl%jemarch@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878wdlh2sr.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
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.
I actually do something similar, but keeping the physical emails. I
maintain (in wanderlust) an Inbox folder and a General folder to hold
my emails. I process the Inbox in a GTD style. For each message:
1) If it is not interesting, delete.
2) If it is useful for reference, archive it in the ref system and
move the email to General, without storing any link to it in my
reference system.
3) If it is an email that I can answer quickly, do it and move the
email to General.
4) If it is an email that I want to answer but that requires some
previous investigation/action, I move the email to General and,
using remember, create a new NEXT item in my todo.org. The NEXT
item has an hyperlink pointing to the email in the General mbox.
Now, I wonder if is it possible to implement the previous system
without having to maintain the General mbox (that is huge). It is
clear that I could simply remove the emails in 2) after archiving its
contents in my reference system. But, what about the emails in 3) and
4)? How do you store an email that you will eventually answer if not
in an mbox?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-02 16:33 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
2009-12-02 16:31 ` jemarch [this message]
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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