From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/86388 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Possible ideas for "inbox zero" Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:28:55 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450114239 9169 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2015 17:30:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:30:39 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M34620@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Dec 14 18:30:25 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Wwy-00023r-HS for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:30:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Ww9-00035d-IW; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:29:25 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Ww7-000359-9z for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:29:23 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Ww5-0001uN-2y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:29:23 -0600 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Ww2-0002Bu-Rb for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:29:18 +0100 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Wvs-0008QH-Dj for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:29:08 +0100 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:29:08 +0100 Original-Received: from larsi by cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:29:08 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAALVBMVEXCBEUoDiBeBSc1FyaL BTXAe2uCRkhOJy+eBzX6AlSQBjTkA06aCDOpAz72spbIkbdpAAABd0lEQVQ4jc3UvWrDMBAA4MvS ItwleOjeNzCC+gX6AFku2bIEKw9gsJ4h0CGrEXTq0NFpSIoQdC59gmboaI95hp7kn4g07g906JkY R9+dTh7OkPcEfAfLwgT2xz4B6GBpjDmA6oo1Xbk6AKUZ5e65aUIZVW9Fy0p3CfrQwxSG1guKZQA+ KFdOueaooqWcLv3TF/wLeLw6GQwGw5Ox+zUsYPUPIO2DWdgHnPPTEEt/t3ABA7dHaMErCXewurQP fB5nJFEHDFZ1hQVJfVrSHVwTOOINrGMeRZxPapBpHLsiBmuX1YGUmTsEg6e5+1tlwgXBzMIOtmO3 UCWJaGIuIwsbnJaIWOKU7mizxjKNaKvNvg10kohKSB4xuOugxJoIUs7gee+Fk4q6cH+rVko6W8pg i3gkDZzzLEGcen1KOpdkcDaMpRBtmW1eiontsb15uH15B6zfYwQAo7eL13vdPwbKBDR/BU0tswNd GDfC2n4ZtLZfBS/UlxP1AYf63DRAjxFwAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1rvaidH3sKYeZaNGd5DwEl6cI1w= X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:86388 Archived-At: This article has some workable ideas for a more "inbox zero" kind of setup: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/02/email_overload_building_my_own_email_app_to_reach_inbox_zero.html?wpsrc=sp_all_native_by-section The main problem with having an overflowing "misc" inbox is that there's usually so much stuff in there that just thinking about replying to anything immediately gets replaced by "let's watch a film instead". Let's face it, nothing is going to make answering email fun, but we could perhaps procrastinate a bit better. Here's my concrete take-away from the article: If getting to inbox zero is possible, perhaps even enjoyable, on a daily basis, then perhaps we could get more stuff done. To make it more enjoyable, we go through each unread email and tap a simple set of guilt-less commands: 1) "b" Ban this email address an never show anything from it again. This would be typical of newsletters and stuff you always seem to end up on. The Gnus action would be to filter this to a "junk" group. 2) "d" Mark as read and remove from view. 3) "m" Mute the thread -- make all subsequent articles not be displayed. The Gnus action would be to score lower on thread and expunge. 4) "p" Postpone. Make the article disappear for a week. I'm not quite sure whether Gnus has this already -- there was some discussion about it the other... year... 5) "r" Refile to a specific project. We all have projects that we're doing, only "not just now". The Gnus action is just moving to a different folder (and mark as unread or ticked). And, of course, reply to the ones we want to reply to. The idea, anyway, is to be able to breeze through the inbox all the time with sunshine and sweetness in our hearts, instead of looking at the ever-growing number of undealt with messages. I think it might be interesting to implement something like this... I'm taking February off from work, so I'll probably be back to Gnus hacking again. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no