Michael Agger asks, Are you addicted to e-mail? It includes this:
The idea behind emptying your inbox is to convert all those e-mails into actions. You’re allowed to deal with any mail that will take less than two minutes to answer. Otherwise, you should file your outstanding messages into folders such as “Pending,” “Reply To,” “Archive,” and “YouTube Links” and deal with them as a unit later, when you’ve mapped out your day and polished off those urgent TPS reports.
Read about the 12-step program for curing your “e-mail e-ddiction.”
Thanks to Veronica for the link.