[ydant]

That inbox approach is my approach as well. I've tried many times to shift to an actual TODO list - with the idea that using my inbox as a TODO list means extra overhead - every time I open my email I'm having to re-process my TODO list.

But it never works for me. I keep coming back to Inbox having three priorities:

  - unread (must be triaged immediately - scanned then archived, starred, or left as normal read)
  - starred
  - read

Although it's really two, because starred/read don't really have much difference in priority for me.

Most of the time I sit at somewhere between 0-5 emails. If I'm having difficulties or overwhelmed, that number may grow substantially temporarily.

[jbaber]

Using mutt, I can edit e-mails in my Inbox. I sent one to myself with the subject "TODO" that I keep re-editing with any todo-list style stuff. It's been sitting in my inbox for a few months.