Comments on: How to Check E-mail Twice a Day… or Once Every 10 Days http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-119198 Adam Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:49:08 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-119198 It's going to be a combination of self-discipline - you literally shutting down your Outlook program unless and until you need to SEND an email, and you using a product called AwayFind http://awayfind.com/ that allows you to specify special alerts from domains, important addresses etc. - in essence create a White List. It’s going to be a combination of self-discipline – you literally shutting down your Outlook program unless and until you need to SEND an email, and you using a product called AwayFind http://awayfind.com/ that allows you to specify special alerts from domains, important addresses etc. – in essence create a White List.

]]> By: SB http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-118719 SB Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:35:31 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-118719 I use Outlook 2007. I am trying to figure out a way to have emails that I receive "released" at certain times. For example, check for e-mails at 7am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. Meanwhile, I would like e-mail that I send to go out immediately. Additionally, I would like e-mails that come from specific people (such as my boss) to come through immediately. I think this would help in not being such a slave to e-mails - but I am not sure if Outlook has the functionality to do this. Thoughts? Thanks. I use Outlook 2007. I am trying to figure out a way to have emails that I receive “released” at certain times. For example, check for e-mails at 7am, 11am, 1pm, and 3pm. Meanwhile, I would like e-mail that I send to go out immediately. Additionally, I would like e-mails that come from specific people (such as my boss) to come through immediately.
I think this would help in not being such a slave to e-mails – but I am not sure if Outlook has the functionality to do this.

Thoughts? Thanks.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-118163 Sarah Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:06:47 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-118163 I love this idea and am starting straight away. As a newbie copywriter, self-employed for the first time, I really want to instil best practice from the beginning. I'm so guilty of checking over and over for replies to bids for work and it's just this drip-drip of constant distraction tinged with disappointment - Does not make for a good creative flow! I love this idea and am starting straight away.

As a newbie copywriter, self-employed for the first time, I really want to instil best practice from the beginning. I’m so guilty of checking over and over for replies to bids for work and it’s just this drip-drip of constant distraction tinged with disappointment – Does not make for a good creative flow!

]]> By: David http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-115726 David Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:02:48 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-115726 So tell me, of those of you who moan about Tim's 'method' of clearing your life of the email checking addiction, how many of you that disagree are living the life Tim is? Hmmmmm? Remember the 80's any of you?, there WAS life before computers and even mobile phones diseased our lives and sanity. People used to call the landline 'when it was important' and if not, they sent 'snail mail' and expected a response some time in the not too far away future. Business still went on, people made money, the pace was fast but controllable, we had answering machines for the landline when we were too busy to answer the phone right? People didn't complain then and why should they now. Seems all of you that are having trouble (listen to yourselves will you???? really!) have no life goals during email reading time as it is ALL IMPORTANT. Tim, great advice mate, I guess you are on a beach somewhere, I'll expect a response to this some time in the next month. Relax people, night will come, eventually (as emails will be read, eventually.) Cheers all, Aussie David. So tell me, of those of you who moan about Tim’s ‘method’ of clearing your life of the email checking addiction, how many of you that disagree are living the life Tim is? Hmmmmm? Remember the 80′s any of you?, there WAS life before computers and even mobile phones diseased our lives and sanity. People used to call the landline ‘when it was important’ and if not, they sent ‘snail mail’ and expected a response some time in the not too far away future. Business still went on, people made money, the pace was fast but controllable, we had answering machines for the landline when we were too busy to answer the phone right? People didn’t complain then and why should they now. Seems all of you that are having trouble (listen to yourselves will you???? really!) have no life goals during email reading time as it is ALL IMPORTANT. Tim, great advice mate, I guess you are on a beach somewhere, I’ll expect a response to this some time in the next month. Relax people, night will come, eventually (as emails will be read, eventually.) Cheers all, Aussie David.

]]> By: Justin Goldberg http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-114273 Justin Goldberg Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:46:12 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/03/22/how-to-check-e-mail-twice-a-day-or-once-every-10-days/#comment-114273 French it company atos banned email internally (not externally). It really is inefficient when information could be shared via knowledge management (wiki, sharepoint, other social tools that would fit the situation). French it company atos banned email internally (not externally). It really is inefficient when information could be shared via knowledge management (wiki, sharepoint, other social tools that would fit the situation).

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