Cliff, et al -- ...and then Cliff Sarginson said... % % On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:28:00PM +0800, Charles Jie wrote: % > Mail consumes a lot of time. % > % > Is it possible to have mutt record the time I use to read or write a % > mail? I hope to know how much time I spend in a folder (a kind of info). % > % > Further, I want a timer to alert me when I'm going to run out of the % > pre-set time for reading or writing a mail. % > % > Are the solution there? Or quick solution available? % > % A stopwatch, and/or an alarm clock. % Excuse me but this is Mr Dumb question of 2002 :)
Not necessarily... I can already imagine a few valid reasons for a business wanting to track how much time is spent in email -- versus, say, actually working on a problem or doing other projects. All sorts of metrics have value to all sorts of people. I admit that I don't see the real benefit of an alarm within mutt, but maybe he's building a mutt-based standardized timed test :-) That said, I'd kinda like to see how much time is spent reading mail, too, particularly across multiple folders and from multiple recipients. I could tell my brother that he's wasting my time and back it up with statistics :-) The trick, it seems to me, is to differentiate between time spent reading or writing and basic idle time; I've been interrupted already just in the course of composing this reply, but I shouldn't bill *you* for the time not spent writing ;-) % -- % Regards % Cliff % :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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