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This reminds me of "Email sabbatical": http://www.danah.org/EmailSabbatical.html http://www.danah.org/EmailSabbatical.html At its most crass level, an email sabbatical is when you make all of your email bounce. But you can't simply turn off your email without pissing off countless people in your life. Thus, an email sabbatical is actually a series of steps to let you step away from your inbox guilt-free and return to an empty inbox upon your return.