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4-1/2 tiny ways to master Mail.app
Merlin Mann | Feb 2 2006
The one-half tiny way? Well, if you're feeling really ballsy, you could just just Quit Mail.app for a few hours and, uh, just go work. Yeah, I know: your world would implode if you had two hours without email. You'd be fired, jailed, or might even miss that whole thread about lunch at Chili's vs. Applebee's. Friend, someday you will actually hear yourself defending your email addiction as a necessity, and it will seem very very weird to you. Bet me on it. Seriously, though, suck it up and just check for new mail as seldom as your job and your patience will possibly permit. Really push the envelope on this, even just for half a day, and see if you don't notice a difference. The world actually can spin without you for a while (but just a little while). Because I promise you there's always. more. email. coming. You are the single individual in this entire universe who gets to decide how often you deal with an inbox that is utterly bottomless. Own that, and you've taken the most important step toward using email as a tool (instead of the other way 'round). 17 Comments
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I turned off the blinging...Submitted by Brad Isaac (not verified) on February 2, 2006 - 6:17pm.
I turned off the blinging and the envelope alerts on outlook a few months back. Today, I forgot to check email all day until 5pm. Whoops..hope there wasn't anything critical in there. Oh wait, there was one message..something about a new virus that will delete everything on your hard drive if you opened it. It must have been pretty important because 25 people had forwarded it before it got to me. » POSTED IN:
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