From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by 10.90.92.18 with SMTP id p18cs37379agb; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.107.210 with SMTP id c18mr2941474qap.137.1254729435436; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [205.234.109.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 38si6664911qyk.85.2009.10.05.00.57.15; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org designates 205.234.109.19 as permitted sender) client-ip=205.234.109.19; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org designates 205.234.109.19 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Received: from rubyforge.org (rubyforge.org [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035A0185828C; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:57:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 755B61858203 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:57:04 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,505,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="37536974" Received: from peray.inria.fr (HELO localhost) ([128.93.8.98]) by mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 05 Oct 2009 09:57:03 +0200 From: Nicolas Pouillard To: William Baxter In-reply-to: <1254671303-sup-2911@kronos> References: <1254659599-sup-7377@peray> <1254671303-sup-2911@kronos> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:59:45 +0200 Message-Id: <1254729313-sup-1910@peray> User-Agent: Sup/git Cc: sup-talk Subject: Re: [sup-talk] Simple E-Mail Delaying X-BeenThere: sup-talk@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: User & developer discussion of Sup List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: sup-talk-bounces@rubyforge.org Excerpts from William Baxter's message of Sun Oct 04 17:51:51 +0200 2009: > Excerpts from Nicolas Pouillard's message of Sun Oct 04 08:36:02 -0400 2009: > > I've written a blog post about improving my email experience. And since it > > interacts nicely with sup it may be of some interest for you. > > I also employ a tickler system in sup, one that relies exclusively on labels. > To mark a thread for review on day DD of the month, label it with #DD. > Obviously this extends forward only one month. I have not found that > problematic. I also use #E to indicate the need to reply, #W as waiting for > something, #A for action required, etc. > > The choice of # came from two considerations. First, it sorts before letters. > Second, it does not require quoting in searches. The date labels could do > without the prefix, but I began with the # labels, and like the way > that the common prefix sets these elements apart in label-list-mode. Thanks for the tip! I already use a "pending" label for a mix of "waiting", "need to reply", and "action required". I'm thinking about switching to shorter and more distinct naming like yours. However I like the system proposed because it is event based and can be more fine grained than "a day of the month". Best regards, -- Nicolas Pouillard http://nicolaspouillard.fr _______________________________________________ sup-talk mailing list sup-talk@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/sup-talk