Comments on: Cutting off email access to get things done http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim Rob http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-258141 Tim Rob Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:50:35 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-258141 Every task I email leads me to getting things done. I use Wrike. This article might be interesting for you http://www.wrike.com/blog/7/10/2007/Wrike_helps_you_get_things_done> guide though GTD Every task I email leads me to getting things done. I use Wrike. This article might be interesting for you http://www.wrike.com/blog/7/10/2007/Wrike_helps_you_get_things_done> guide though GTD

]]> By: Fred http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-64030 Fred Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:15:27 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-64030 Another way is to set mail to automatically fetch e-mails every hour rather thann every minute... Another way is to set mail to automatically fetch e-mails every hour rather thann every minute…

]]> By: Steve L http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62895 Steve L Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:32:22 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62895 OK Tim...time for a post from you on this issue: *Why rich text emails have mistranslation of font issues *The pros and cons of rich text vs plain text emails * Your plain text ideology Crafting this post, and dealing with all the comments, should take all your spare time for the next few months... :-) OK Tim…time for a post from you on this issue:

*Why rich text emails have mistranslation of font issues

*The pros and cons of rich text vs plain text emails

* Your plain text ideology

Crafting this post, and dealing with all the comments, should take all your spare time for the next few months… :-)

]]> By: Tim Gaden http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62891 Tim Gaden Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:12:11 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62891 Hehehe... Yes, I think, in this case, that plain text is a very happy marriage of ideological conviction and practical reality. :) Hehehe… Yes, I think, in this case, that plain text is a very happy marriage of ideological conviction and practical reality. :)

]]> By: Steve L http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62886 Steve L Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/15/cutting-off-your-email-to-get-things-done/#comment-62886 Another way to spend less time on email is to get frustrated with font translation problems in Rich Text emails. However, this could have the opposite effect, as it did with me: you spend more time sending/receiving test emails to try to sort out the problem! The problem: I (Apple Mail) correspond regularly with friends Bill (Outlook/Windows) and Bob (The Bat; ThunderBird/Windows). Each sees the others' fonts differently: different sizes, and translated to different fonts, even when we all have the same fonts installed. e.g. an email I send in Verdana 12 will be seen as Tahoma 11 in The Bat, and something different in Outlook and Thunderbird. Bill sends me a mail in Calibri (OK...I don't think I have Calibri) 11 pt, and I see it as Verdana 15 pt. Bill then sends me a mail in Verdana and Apple Mail will see it as Verdana but will resize it upwards by 3-4 points. Tim: you have an easy answer to this: eschew Rich Text emails. :-) Steve Another way to spend less time on email is to get frustrated with font translation problems in Rich Text emails. However, this could have the opposite effect, as it did with me: you spend more time sending/receiving test emails to try to sort out the problem!

The problem: I (Apple Mail) correspond regularly with friends Bill (Outlook/Windows) and Bob (The Bat; ThunderBird/Windows). Each sees the others’ fonts differently: different sizes, and translated to different fonts, even when we all have the same fonts installed.

e.g. an email I send in Verdana 12 will be seen as Tahoma 11 in The Bat, and something different in Outlook and Thunderbird. Bill sends me a mail in Calibri (OK…I don’t think I have Calibri) 11 pt, and I see it as Verdana 15 pt. Bill then sends me a mail in Verdana and Apple Mail will see it as Verdana but will resize it upwards by 3-4 points.

Tim: you have an easy answer to this: eschew Rich Text emails. :-)

Steve

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