From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: processing pending emails as part of your GTD system Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 08:32:59 +0200 Message-ID: <07162A5C-EF41-437B-BA79-70682883514C@science.uva.nl> References: <24266.1208760913@localhost> <20080430212534.GD9068@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrSLt-0005Ot-CZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 02:33:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrSLo-0005Mj-ES for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 02:33:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39872 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JrSLn-0005MX-Sf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 02:33:03 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JrSLn-0004pW-PI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 02:33:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080430212534.GD9068@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Adam Spiers Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:25 PM, Adam Spiers wrote: > Pete Phillips (pete@smtl.co.uk) wrote: >> This post is slighly off-topic, as it is not directly about org-mode. >> >> As many of you on the list will know, I'm a big fan of David >> Allen's GTD >> system, and over the years I have tweaked my use of MH and MH-E to >> help >> support this use. >> >> One thing I have done is design a method so that I can easily put >> emails >> into a set of 'pending' mail folders, and then get cron to process >> these >> and dump the emails back into my +inbox at appropriate dates. > > That's interesting. I'm also a fan of GTD and therefore also love > being able to get mail out of the inbox into the archives, so that the > inbox only contains unprocessed mail. However, as I mentioned a while > back on this list, I take a completely different approach to > implementing the "tickler" mechanism for allowing an archived mail to > regain visibility on a particular date: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2513/ > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/5595/ Hi Adam, I remember these very interesting posts, but I don't see the relation to a tickler file. How do you get back to a certain email on a specific date? By scheduling a todo containing the link? - Carsten > > > etc. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode