Inbox Zero in Outlook?

by Dec 20, 2023Shorts

Inbox Zero in Outlook?

I try this using these features in Outlook:

🚩 Mark as Action Flag the email and Archive it. Now they are in your Todo list app.

πŸ“… Respond with Meeting Is the Action a meeting or needs to happen at a certain time? Add it to your calendar. You can do this by dragging it to your calendar / My Day widget or use a quick actions (or right click).

πŸ“Œ Reply Later Pin these emails. They appear on top, so it forces you to not let the list grow too big and respond in time.

πŸ•’ Set Aside Snooze when you can’t decide what to do with the email.

πŸ“° Other Inbox Mark Newsletters or not important emails for the Other inbox. At least once a week go through them. If you don’t read them or they are not valuable then unsubscribe.

πŸ“ƒ Paper Trail Move order confirmations, tracking info, tickets, etc. to a folder Paper Trail.

πŸ’Έ Invoices Move Invoices to the folder Invoices. Once a month process these.

🚫 Junk email. Block contact when it is junk email. Once a month go quickly though it and delete all.

πŸ“¦ Archive or Delete Everything else goes into Archive (or Delete it right away). Have an auto-delete policy after 1 year. Optional: have an Archive Forever folder.

How do you achieve Inbox zero?

Remy van Duijkeren

Remy van Duijkeren

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