On Fri, May 23 2025, Matteo Valsasina wrote:
> Hi all,
> i use a simple and quite effortless setup which is ok with me:
> - mails are read in gnus
> - mailing lists have rule to be delivered in folder (as i can read them quite
> async)
> - other mails all goes to inbox
> - mine zero inbox meens all emails are read and not truly empty inbox (here
> gnus is a master not showing read mails by default)
> - if i have to process a mail later i make a link in org agenda to the
> message with mail subject
> - if i really have to notice a mail i can mark to stay visible in gnus (still
> bad practice but for double check)
> - periodically (usually onece a year) i move mail in year named folder
> - if i process a mail via agenda and is not linked anymore in gnus (moved to
> year folder) means i left it for too long time and i can find it searching
> via subject (usually rare)
> - inbox with circa one year of mail is not that heavy to be managed
> - year division + search capabilities of mail clients is usually enough to
> find everything and it is no big effort to mantain
>
> CAPTURE TEMPLATE FOR ORG:
> ("m" "TODO from Mail" entry (file+headline "~/org_todo/notes.org" "Mail
> Tasks")
> "* TODO %? %a\nSCHEDULED: %t
> :PROPERTIES:
> :CREATED: %U
> :END:
> :LOGBOOK:"
> :prepend t :empty-lines 1)
Hmmm, that's interesting that you keep emails "grouped" by year to
help... I hadn't thought of that before. I'll consider it. Although I'd
personally use time span shorter than a year...
--
In gratitude,
Kristoffer
