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Five fast email productivity tips
Merlin Mann | Feb 15 2005
There’s been a lot of great discussions about email productivity going around on sites I enjoy, so I thought I’d throw in five no-brainers that I’ve seen help a lot of folks.
Update 2005-10-18 07:33:45Yep, you read it right: in the eightish months since I posted this, I've set my email to check every hour. The result? I ain't missing much. A lot of stuff that can wait, a lot that resolves itself, and a huge mass of items that previously would have sent me on a 50-yard-dash to nothing. Friends: stop letting your email poke you with a stick. It's just not worth it. 79 Comments
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![]() I use a lot of...Submitted by ted mills (not verified) on May 2, 2005 - 1:05pm.
I use a lot of rules and have lots of folders, but use "Show Emails Received Today" to deal with what's actually coming in and Flags to deal with those emails that need follow-ups or thought. I also cut back on a lot of my mailing lists, as I realized I just didn't have the time. I set the 'check mail' for 10 minutes, but turned the audio alert off. I think the next step would be labels/groups (or whatever it's called in Entourage), but at the moment I'm not feeling the need. Thanks for tip #4 and everybody's tweaks regarding that. » POSTED IN:
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