Simplifying life via Organization

OtherInbox - Save your Inbox for real people   I'm on this kick right now to optimize my usage of internet technology to simplify the everyday tasks of my life.  So, I happen to notice the little link under 'Applications' in my Yahoo Mail, titled Automatic Organizer.  With a title like that, I just have to give it a try.

Turns out, it took me to a tool called 'OtherInbox'.  Its supposed to help clear out the clutter in my inbox by automatically sorting my emails into folders defined by me, and sending me a digest daily digest of this activity.

So far, the install if very simple and nothing challenging about the setup.  Surprisingly easy, actually.  No worries with writing macros, scripts or recording actions.  It creates folders and places your email in them respectively, and all automatically without you have to say 'do this'.

Having used it for about a week, I think I'm falling in love with this tool.  The greatest part for me is the digest, which lists the new emails that it auto-sorted into the proper folders by folder name so you can quickly see what emails have come in from who and what the subject is.  Now, all that is in my main inbox are emails that are most important to me but I'm aware of the others, but without the email clutter or the overhead of manually organizing my inbox.

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Macro my Inbox

Step-By-Step: Use rules to automate e-mail processing in Lotus Notes

I must start using macro's for my inbox.  Everyday, I get 60 + emails to my inbox, most of which I delete without reading and most of the others I have all good intentions to read, but may never get around to it. 

I'd say only 10% of the emails that I receive any given day contain information that I'll read right away. 

Man, I really dislike email.  I wish, wish, wish everyone used feeds/blogs instead, but this is just an email oriented world.  Therefore, I must macro my inbox!