I read them and mark them as unread until I have time to deal with them. Every once in a while I try to clear out "sections" of time such as the current day, w

I read them and mark them as unread until I have time to deal with them. Every once in a while I try to clear out "sections" of time such as the current day, week or month by either responding or by performing the requested task - hoping that one day I'll get my unread count down to zero. ;-)