> On 2002-01-24 2:06 PM, "Beth Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>.... I file each person's email >> (and my responses) into a single folder that is labeled with that person's >> name. I have arranged all of these individual folders as subfolders that are >> grouped by letter (or by letter groups, really---"A thru C," "D thru G," >> etc.) Then I put all of *those* folders into a "Personal Mailboxes" folder. *snippage*
> on 1/24/02 10:09 PM, Jim Warthman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Beth, > We each develop our own workflow, and often one person's workflow won't work > for someone else. > I'm not sure that my method would work for *anyone* else. <grin> > Having said that, I wonder if you have considered a different folder > organization for your messages? Instead of trying to create this complex > folder hierarchy, perhaps you could put all these messages into a single > folder. Then you might create a Custom View that selects only items from > that folder. I know, I know. This is the most sensible way. But I guess for me it's a visual thing: I find it unsettling to see all of that correspondence all mish-moshed around in one folder, even though I *know* I can sort out any one person's email among all of the mish-mosh rather easily. That approach just feels so....ethereal, if you will. Or impermanent. Or something. Somehow seeing those little folders in my folder list (which of course are nothing more than electronic bits and bytes themselves) is more comforting to me. Call me crazy. > This seems to me to be a less complex workflow. It also has the advantage > that all these messages are stored together, and you can look at them > chronologically or by subject with just a click or two. I'm beginning to think about getting an archiving program that would maybe allow sorting of this kind....not sure if Dan Crevier's archiving program, or John Carlsen's eMA, would do that, but I was thinking about going that route. Then I could just keep the more currently relevant email in my Entourage folders. With all of the attendant filing headaches, of course. :) > > Hope This Helps! > > -- Jim > Thanks for the advice---I will think about the one-folder solution. But old ways die hard! -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
