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Favorite Windows email tricks and plugins
Merlin Mann | Aug 27 2006
I'm working on an article about email tricks for one of your finer magazines, and -- as you might imagine -- when it comes to the inevitable Windows stuff, I'm a bit light in the useful tips department. So, I turn to you Redmond-using smarties for help. Do you have a favorite application, plugin, trick, or hack for bending Windows email to your will? Double-credit for Outlook add-ons that garden-variety users can install without fancy root-style access. Whence comes your magic Windows fu? 64 Comments
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 I use Outlook as-is to...Submitted by Robert (not verified) on August 27, 2006 - 5:20pm.
I use Outlook as-is to implement GTD. I've tried add-ins and they seem to be more trouble than their worth. I recently adopted the mantra of Inbox Zero and have been maintaining that for weeks now by using the strategy of no reminders and 5 minute dashes hourly. My favorite stupid Outlook trick is the ability to drag-n-drop an email to the Tasks folder to quickly convert it to a task. I jot some notes, edit the subject line to GTDize the entry, then delete the original email. Google Desktop helps maintain the archive of mail in the Deleted Items folder. By using the Tasks & Calendar its easy to maintain GTD sanity. » POSTED IN:
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