Thanks for the series. I have always — for more than 15 years now — adhered to something very much like the Inbox Zero zen, so I was very interested to here your methods.

I liked most of the advice. Del Del Del — Yes! And Filters are so important. I never thought about the fact that I schedule email dashes, it just happens that way. Once or twice a day (per email address!) I just sit down and do it.

But I have a very different idea of what Zero means. The goal for me is to drive the unread count to zero — mercilessly! But I do not empty my inbox. No no no! That is probably my biggest departure from your methods.

Rather than go on at length here, you’ve inspired me to write my methods down and post them on my blog for anyone interested.

Thanks for you insights. And thanks for motivating me to document my own methods.