[Alpine-info] Inbox Zero with Alpine, anyone ?

Tatar Kolos kolos at tatar.hu
Sun Sep 10 21:03:02 PDT 2023


Hi,

In a wider context I try to do this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done

One of the foundations of this is what is described here.

A non-empty inbox is basically noise which takes effort on your side to
manage.

What I had to learn from this is that my inbox is not the same as my
todolist.

Best,
Kolos

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2023, Xavier Maillard wrote:


> Hi,

>

> On Sun, 10 Sep 2023, Bret Busby wrote:

>

>> On 10/9/23 12:12, Xavier Maillard wrote:

>>> Hello,

>>>

>>> All is said in the title. Does anyone of you practice the Inbox Zero mail

>>> strategy inside Alpine ? If so, what tips can you share or what would be

>>> the best settings you use ?

>>>

>> Perhaps it would be helpful if you would explain what is the "Inbox Zero

>> mail strategy".

>

> It consists simply to maintain or be as close as possible to 0 mail in the

> Inbox folder.

>

> Typically you would only check your mails once or twice a day, then each mail

> in your Inbox should be processed and have 4 actions: either delegate

> (transfert + CC to you), defer it until you have more time to take care of

> it, delete/archive if it has no value (newsletters often fall into this), and

> finally treat it (answer).

>

> Once you DO your mails, you'd eventually keep you Inbox under control.

>

> Is it clearer ?

>

> Some ways to do it:

> - manually check your mail (and be offline).

> - keep you MUA closed when you DO not your mails

> - Create 4 folders (action required, etc.) and keep this stuff under control

> - etc.

>

> I am still learning it thus my initial post.

>

> --

> Xavier

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