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I do inbox zero for many years now and almost get an aneurysma when I see how some people use their inbox. I filter emails like the article suggests, just a bi
by k__ 5y ago
I do inbox zero for many years now and almost get an aneurysma when I see how some people use their inbox.
I filter emails like the article suggests, just a bit more detail.
Newsletter, notification, and work are my main tags.
Then I have some specials like tax office, banks, crypto, academia, etc.
Most of it gets archived right when it arrives.
At bussy times, I have like 20 mails in my inbox for 1-2 days, but most of the time my inbox is empty or had under 5 mails.
I also treat these mails as tasks. Everything in my inbox needs to be tended to, and when it's done I send a reply or archive it.
Works like a charm for over a decade now.
- FabHK 5y agoWell, my inbox has tens of thousands of emails. Every January or so, I put last year's messages into an archive for that year. When I look for something, I use the search feature. Works like a charm for over a decade now. (But I don't get aneurysms when other people handle it differently.)
- k__ 5y agoHaha. I also get one when I see people having open more than 5 browser tabs at a time. Guess, I'm just not good at handling masses of information visually.
- FabHK 5y agoI have about 23 browser windows open with 3 to 40 tabs each :-) Come to think of it, it is quite amazing that good software supports so different styles of usage...