Re: POLL: how do you sort your inbox ?

>>>>> "Xavier" == Xavier Maillard <xma <at> gnu.org> writes:

Xavier> Do you make separation between lists -i.e. you create a MH
Xavier> folder for each mailing list - and other mails ?

I get enough mail that I use gnus for initial reading of most mailing
lists.  gnus knows how to handle MH mail folders, and it lets me score
emails according to a variety of factors (sender, keywords, date, etc).
Messages read that way either go back into +inbox for further work,
filed in a different folder (e.g., for archiving), or deleted.  I don't
try to read every email that I get.

I don't create a separate MH folder for each list that I'm on,
particularly at work.  Rather, all the lists related to my specific
project go into one folder, most of the remaining work-related lists go
into a second folder, and a third folder collects the other lists.  

The reasons for splitting the work-related lists is that the scoring
rules are different.  For example, I work with both Solaris and
Mercurial.  So the folder that gets all the Solaris mail includes a
score rule to give priority to emails that mention Mercurial, but it
doesn't contain any rules about Solaris.  The folder that gets the
Mercurial traffic contains a rule to give priority to emails that
mention Solaris, but it doesn't contain rules about Mercurial.

At work I use slocal to distribute incoming mail.

At home I use a filtering script that is tied to mh-inc-folder-hook.

Xavier> In fact, I am subscribed to several mailing lists (a dozen I
Xavier> think) and I fear I will miss mails as time passes.

Well, you could always have a cron job that lists unseen email.  Then
you'd get reminders (via email) about unread mail.

mike

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