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Do you just leave it all in the inbox and respond to what's near the top, or do you archive it?

• jimbobimbo 12y ago
  Act, delegate, file or delete - that's all there's to it. Most of the time I just use my Delete button.
• Spooky23 12y ago
  I typically zip through a few times a day and delete/act/save quickly. I try to err towards delete. I started with a GTD process and tweaked it to work for me. I have a script move everything older than 48 hours old into another folder, and the server-wide policy purges it in 90 days unless I slap another retention policy on it. In the past, a lot of my email was "transactional" stuff that required constant attention. I felt guilty for not checking it every few minutes, and doing so was really stressful as a huge chunk of most days is in meetings or calls due to the nature of what I do. (This also make me a hard person to reach, as I don't work more than 50 hours a week unless there is a crisis) Now that stuff is pushed to more appropriate venues, like our daily standup meeting.
  • graeme 12y ago
    >In the past, a lot of my email was "transactional" stuff that required constant attention. I felt guilty for not checking it every few minutes, and doing so was really stressful as a huge chunk of most days is in meetings or calls due to the nature of what I do. (This also make me a hard person to reach, as I don't work more than 50 hours a week unless there is a crisis) I think this may be my actual problem. I started a website that now has customer support that goes to my inbox. I'm looking into delegating it. They're not emails I can ignore, and they take time. Apart from that, email volume isn't too bad.