Five simple rules for keeping an empty inbox


	Five simple rules for keeping an empty inbox

mattias

11-20-2006 5:46 AM

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mail, gmail, gtd, mtag

mattias says:

Tips on keeping your (email)inbox clean and tidy,

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f461ed1d-1b95-4f34-ae7f-c76b795b8eba/B7111460-6486-4BD3-93F1-653240B7303D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/" href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.downloadsquad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><SPAN id="ppt661727">Five simple rules for keeping an empty inbox</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><DIV><IMG width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="150" border="0" align="right" alt="" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/09/logo_gmail.gif" />If your email volume is anything like mine, it's totally insane. Thousands of messages constantly streaming in and, only a tiny fraction of those are messages you <EM>need</EM> to see. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><STRONG>1. If you don't need to read it now, it shouldn't be in your inbox. </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><STRONG>2. 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If it comes from a known source it should be labeled automatically. </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><STRONG>No one needs to look at their inbox more than once an hour (and most of us once every 2-3 hours). </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/11/15/five-simple-rules-for-keeping-an-empty-inbox/"><DIV>To borrow from the cult of GTD, re-factor constantly and mercilessly.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B7111460-6486-4BD3-93F1-653240B7303D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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