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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Keith Lancaster <klancaster1957@acm.org>,
	Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] Emacs for email?
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:03:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ocmhmc4k.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878wdlh2sr.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:24:20 +0000")

Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> At Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:01:38 +0100,
> jemarch@gnu.org wrote:
>>    I've moved to a "0 size mailbox" approach to handling my email
>>    (which works well with org and, in fact, requires org to work at
>>    all really) so this is not an issue for me.
>> 
>> That sounds like an interesting approach.  Could you elaborate on
>> that? Yes, I also have problems with my huge longstanding mailboxes
>> :(
>
> 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.

As an aside, this is precisely why I like Gnus so much. By default, read
messages are hidden -- so it makes it easy to get down to "zero" without
having to refile, archive, or delete anything. Automatic
archiving/expiry takes care of the problem of overly large mailboxes.

- Matt

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-12-02 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-01 21:34 [OT] Emacs for email? Keith Lancaster
2009-12-01 22:59 ` Ben Finney
2009-12-02  7:59   ` Tassilo Horn
2009-12-02  8:31     ` Ben Finney
2009-12-02  9:23       ` bluedian
2009-12-01 23:28 ` David Bremner
2009-12-01 23:36 ` Nick Dokos
2009-12-01 23:57 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2009-12-02  0:39   ` Keith Lancaster
2009-12-02 14:22     ` Leo
2009-12-02 18:38       ` David Neu
2009-12-02 22:48         ` Eric Schulte
2009-12-02 23:08         ` Keith Lancaster
2009-12-03  5:21         ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-02 13:43   ` Matt Price
2009-12-02 21:04     ` David Maus
2009-12-03 16:53       ` Matt Price
2009-12-03 21:55         ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2009-12-02  0:40 ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-02  1:02 ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2009-12-02  8:03   ` Tassilo Horn
2009-12-02  2:15 ` Dan Davison
2009-12-02  2:56   ` Russell Adams
2009-12-02  6:36     ` Manuel Hermenegildo
2009-12-02  6:39     ` Gour
2009-12-03  7:05     ` Russell Adams
2009-12-03  6:38       ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-03  8:22         ` Ulf Stegemann
2009-12-03 11:25           ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-03 10:53       ` Bernt Hansen
2009-12-02  6:30 ` Xavier Maillard
2009-12-02  9:37 ` Eric S Fraga
2009-12-02 11:01   ` jemarch
2009-12-02 14:24     ` Eric S Fraga
2009-12-02 16:31       ` jemarch
2009-12-02 20:30         ` David Maus
2009-12-02 17:31       ` Rémi Vanicat
2009-12-02 18:33       ` Eric Schulte
2009-12-02 19:03       ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2009-12-02 17:00     ` Russell Adams
2009-12-02 12:58 ` Otto Diesenbacher
2009-12-03 17:10   ` Henri-Paul Indiogine
2009-12-03 17:51     ` Matt Lundin
2009-12-03 19:53       ` Enrico Indiogine

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