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[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?
From: |
Rémi Vanicat |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email? |
Date: |
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:31:36 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
> 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.
>
To come back to the initial discussion, note that gnus is well adapted
for this: by default, a read mail do not show-up anymore, making
everything automatically archived.
[...]
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Rémi Vanicat
[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?, Xavier Maillard, 2009/12/02
Re: [Orgmode] [OT] Emacs for email?, Eric S Fraga, 2009/12/02
Re: [Orgmode] [OT] Emacs for email?, Russell Adams, 2009/12/02
Re: [Orgmode] [OT] Emacs for email?, David Bremner, 2009/12/02
[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?, Otto Diesenbacher, 2009/12/02