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FredOnline · 19 Sep 2019, 10:22 PM

For my personal e-mails, if I need to action but CBA doing it immediately, I just mark as unread - then deal with it later.

For my e-mails at work, I have numerous folders that e-mails are filtered into during the day - I decide if I need to action, they are marked as unread then dragged into my "Pending" folder.

This way, when I do get time to action/respond to those e-mails, I action in the time order that they arrived.

When that is done, I drag them back into their original folder(s).

I'm not one of those who immediately stop what I'm doing to read a new e-mail (9 times out of 10 they're pointless e-mails that have nothing to do with me, I just happen to be in a distribution group).

I wait for a gap in my workflow before looking at new e-mails - it's more productive.

19 Sep 2019, 10:22 PM	#7
FredOnline The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,616	For my personal e-mails, if I need to action but CBA doing it immediately, I just mark as unread - then deal with it later. For my e-mails at work, I have numerous folders that e-mails are filtered into during the day - I decide if I need to action, they are marked as unread then dragged into my "Pending" folder. This way, when I do get time to action/respond to those e-mails, I action in the time order that they arrived. When that is done, I drag them back into their original folder(s). I'm not one of those who immediately stop what I'm doing to read a new e-mail (9 times out of 10 they're pointless e-mails that have nothing to do with me, I just happen to be in a distribution group). I wait for a gap in my workflow before looking at new e-mails - it's more productive.