From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: vanicat@debian.org (=?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9mi?= Vanicat) Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email? Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:31:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87k4x5wadj.dlv@debian.org> References: <87aay17m3z.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <87iqcp3ai5.wl%jemarch@gnu.org> <878wdlh2sr.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFtBF-0005V9-L6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:39:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFtBA-0005Re-IP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:39:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60523 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFtBA-0005RT-C8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:39:52 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:50560) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFtBA-00007p-2W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:39:52 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NFtB1-00005d-LL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:43 +0100 Received: from lns-bzn-35-82-250-255-150.adsl.proxad.net ([82.250.255.150]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:43 +0100 Received: from vanicat by lns-bzn-35-82-250-255-150.adsl.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:39:43 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric S Fraga 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. [...] -- Rémi Vanicat