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[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?
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Matt Lundin |
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[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email? |
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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:03:55 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (darwin) |
Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
> At Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:01:38 +0100,
> address@hidden 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
- [Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?, (continued)
Re: [Orgmode] [OT] Emacs for email?, David Bremner, 2009/12/02
[Orgmode] Re: [OT] Emacs for email?, Otto Diesenbacher, 2009/12/02