Sorting office filter for GTD
Hello Batfolk, I'm trying to build a set of filters to better track emails I'm waiting to get an answer back. I currently have a folder @WAITING FOR that I copy things from my sent folder, or drag emails I've forwarded to someone else to work on (delegated). My idea is I'd put some text in the outgoing email, like WF:true either near the signature, or in a header. This would trip an outgoing filter and copy the item into my @WAITING FOR folder. The next bit is harder -- to match incoming emails to existing emails in my @WAITING FOR folder, say, on the subject line. Is there a way I can match the subject line to a list of emails in a specific folder? Or, maybe I do something different altogether, and put a :WF at the end of my email subjects, and match on that, thinking people don't usually change the subject lines of emails? (If an incoming email matches the filter I'd change the color, or something along those lines.) Thanks for the help. -- Andrew Diederich Using Voyager v3.95.06 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Sorting office filter for GTD
Andrew Diederich wrote: AD I'm trying to build a set of filters to better track emails I'm AD waiting to get an answer back. I currently have a folder AD @WAITING FOR that I copy things from my sent folder, or drag AD emails I've forwarded to someone else to work on (delegated). Another approach is to use a Virtual/Chat/Watch Replies folder to track such emails. Create a new Chat folder somewhere convenient and call it 'Waiting For Reply' or whatever. Then, for each email you want to track, select it and from either the main or context menu choose 'Specials-Watch Replies In' and you should see a flyout with your new Chat folder. Select it and the email should show up in the Chat folder. Any replies to it should automagically appear there too. Note that the menu is a toggle. To remove an email from the watch folder, select the email and untick that folder from the 'Watch Replies In' menu. This approach is nice because you don't have to move or copy the emails anywhere special - just file them wherever you normally would. -- George Using The Bat! 3.98.3 on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2. Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Sorting office filter for GTD
Hello George, Monday, April 30, 2007, 3:17:52 PM, you wrote: Andrew Diederich wrote: AD I'm trying to build a set of filters to better track emails I'm AD waiting to get an answer back. I currently have a folder AD @WAITING FOR that I copy things from my sent folder, or drag AD emails I've forwarded to someone else to work on (delegated). Another approach is to use a Virtual/Chat/Watch Replies folder to track such emails. Helpful instructions deleted Very interesting! There isn't any help I could find on that feature, so I didn't even think about it. That may just do the trick. -- Andrew Diederich Using Voyager v3.95.06 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
