Re: [Orgmode] GTD: Solving the bottleneck of converting incoming mails to NEXT actions

[Adam Spiers]

Adam Spiers (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:44:44PM +0200, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I've now been using Org mode for a couple of months and am quite happy
> > with it in most ways, with conversion of incoming emails into NEXT
> > actions being the main bottleneck.

[snipped]

> > I wonder whether anyone solved this issue already.
> 
> Yes, I used to have this very same bottleneck.  It's not perfect yet,
> but a lot better than it used to be.
> 
> I posted details in a previous thread on this list about how I use a
> combination of mutt, mairix, shell wrappers, and elisp to extract a
> mairix:$message_id style hyperlink from the currently viewed mail
> within mutt, and then yank it into my TODO.org emacs buffer, manually
> creating structure around it (I almost certainly need to use
> remember.el to streamline things further).  Here's an example:
> 
>   * PROJECT [#B] submit newer expenses                :@internet:admin:
>   ** NEXT submit to iExpense                  :sub60:

Sorry to reply to my own post, but I forgot to say: having shortcuts
for assigning tags (relatively new functionality in org.el) is a GREAT
help in speeding up the categorisation process.  I have this at the
end of my TODO.org:

* mode settings
:HIDE:
#+ARCHIVE: DONE.org::
#+CATEGORY: work
#+SEQ_TODO: NEXT(n) | DONE(N) | WAITING(w)
#+SEQ_TODO: PROJECT(p) | PROJDONE(P)
#+SEQ_TODO: SOMEDAY(s) MAYBE(m) | CANCELLED(c)
#+STARTUP: logdone
#+STARTUP: hidestars
#+TAGS: { @internet(i) @offline(0) @phone(p) @home(h) }
  - various GTD contexts
#+TAGS: { sub10(1) sub30(3) sub60(6) sub120(2) sub4(4) subday(d) }
  - rough estimates of max. time per task
#+TAGS: admin(a)
  - paperwork etc.
#+TAGS: org(o)
  - "sharpening the saw" - improving my self-organization process
  - can overlap with computer(c) but also non-electronic organization
#+TAGS: computer(c)
  - optimising the way I use it
  - better config
  - hacks to help workflow

[snipped work-related]

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