On Email

Most of the email/Outlook strategies I see focus on filing. I can put all my 'cc' mails in one folder, automatically direct meeting request confirmations to another, etc. There is no doubt that filing plays a role in the trek-up-email-mountain, but is it really a strategy? I need to prioritize my mail, and I don't care where it lives I just want it to work.

Here's my email attack vector for the next couple of weeks, as well as the list of views I'll build in Outlook to support:

1. Process meeting requests
2. Emails from my boss to (only ME)
3. Emails from my boss to (ME on the to line with others)
4. Emails from anyone to (only ME)
5. Emails from anyone to (ME on the to line with others)
6. Emails from by boss (I'm on cc)
7. Emails from anyone to (ME on the cc line with others)

There are a couple of obvious holes here, namely the use of internal group aliases (should I think differently about a mail sent to a group alias vs just being on the to line?). My goal is to reduce the stress associated with email processes (zero inbox, etc). I'm going to try an ringfence my email time to 20 minutes, 3 times a day.

This supports my rapidly crystalizing "email is not my job" principle.

Thoughts? Gaps?