[atoav]

Have you ever thought about doing the exact opposite? Instead of integrating email in your todo list you could run your todo-list via email.

I worked on a job where this was done and it worked flawlessly (emails generated from various systems and people, including those in the shift before you).

The one thing you have to make sure that your "job" communication is divided from your private communication or other non-actionable messages like newsletters etc.

Writing Emails to your self is totally okay also : )