On 2009-06-23 14:27:44 -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > Actually I do flag e-mails... though it's somewhat rare. I currently > use a 3-tier approach to marking the importance of mails I leave > around. In order: > > 1. leave the messages marked new: I want to be positive I address > these soon (usually within an hour or so).
Ditto, but this may be several hours (or days when I'm very busy). > 2. Flag them: Should be addressed, but maybe at a later date > 3. leave them unflagged: probably just hanging around so I can refer > to it if I need to. I flag messages once I've archived them. I leave them in the mailbox for threading only (when I know that the discussion is not over). But until new messages appear in the discussion, I do not need to look at these messages. I delete them after some time. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
