Bill Jarrold <wjarr...@ucdavis.edu> writes: > Hi, > > Emails in ones inbox can be viewed as TODO's. [...]
I can't help you in your question of converting emails to TODOs but I can say that some (including myself) will argue that using emails as a todo list is the wrong thing to do and leads to disaster (as I think you are finding if you have 1000s of emails sitting there). 2 or so years ago, I was in the same situation. When I hit >2000 "emails as todo items" in my inbox, I knew something was wrong. I switched to a 0 inbox approach with org mode. Every email is processed when I read it. Most get dismissed (and I use gnus which automatically expires my emails with an expiry period that depends on what folder the messages are in); the ones that require action are either handled immediately (by doing something and responding) or are converted to an org todo item by simply highlighting the whole message ("h C-x h" in gnus) and doing an org capture with a todo type (C-c c t). The key, however, is to ensure you have a good automated mail splitting approach which means you only have to read the emails you expect to read at any particular time. I use gnus to split my incoming mail but I used to use procmail and then maildrop. Mail gets sorted into a number of folders (~6) including workplace ones, mailing lists (like this one), hobbies, family, etc. Anyway, I hope some of this helps. It has helped me: my mail folders now typically have a handful of "ticked" emails acting as todo items (there is always the odd exception to any set of rules...) but no more. Org is necessary for this and I couldn't have moved to this approach without it. cheers, eric -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.4 (release_7.4.231.ge879) _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode