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0 pointsqrbLPHiKpiux6y ago0 comments

I gave up and accept this as the normal standard. I just delete it and move on. Also gave up on “inbox 0.” That’s an unattainable goal. Better luck putting my self on the moon.

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tomjen36y ago

Whenever I have an issue with inbox 0, it is because I don't have a procedure in place for how to deal with a given email.

Stupid marketing emails are the easiest to deal with - the entire required procedure is to archive them.

Emails that are complex and require a lot more though, have multiple decisions and/or holders of stakes involved are currently the bane of my existence.

0xffff26y ago

>Also gave up on “inbox 0.” That’s an unattainable goal.

As someone who has never had any trouble maintaining inbox 0 I have to ask, why?

webninja6y ago

34,586 unread emails are too many to click on so I just created a second email for family and friends only and quit checking my primary.

goatherders6y ago

Same. 0 is easy.

magashna6y ago

I setup a wildcard for my domain and then use promos.Company@mydomain for anything new I sign up for which makes it manageable. Plenty goes to my promotional wildcard, odd things to the wild wildcard (junked), and only important direct emails go to my actual inbox.

treebornfrog6y ago

Inbox 0 really triggers me.

Simply put, if you are unable to get to 0 (work related), then you need to take on less.

I run a business and get less than 10 emails per day, what is everyone doing that is filling up their inboxes so much?

mehrdadn6y ago

I have literally 10 emails just from my own Google Calendar reminding me to do things, 6 from HN replies, some from GitHub, some reminders for financial statements, and lots of miscellaneous notifications and mailing list emails... how in the world do you only get 10 emails per day when running a business?

dewey6y ago

Delegating?

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