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Anyone else having problems replying to emails?
Laura M. | Oct 26 2005
I'm so bad replying to emails. They just keep piling. I read them the moment they come, but something keeps me from replying or acting on them. How do you deal with emails? Do having specific blocks of time devoted to email writing works for you? How you balance replying to emails with the other parts of your work? Is anyone using Groupwise for your emails? Any tips for using it? The new version is able to attach labels to the emails and changes the color of the header accordingly. Now I have a very colorful inbox but as full as before. 41 Comments
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 I keep my inbox empty...Submitted by stevecooper on October 27, 2005 - 6:29am.
I keep my inbox empty as well. Having email in my inbox makes me nervous, makes me feel like things aren't being dealt with. So I archive everything I'd dealt with, reply and archive anything I can, delete all the spam, and generally add todo's to my system rather than leaving emails in my inbox as a reminder. You said "something keeps me from replying or acting on them" -- can you tell us about what that is? Maybe someone's got a strategy you could use... » POSTED IN:
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