From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Email workflow outline

November 29, 2007

I’ve finally finished organizing my email workflow.The diagram above illustrates my new email workflow.1. Two accounts (well, many actually) allow me to keep work and home emails separate.2. Each account accepts mail and is IMAP enabled.3. Filters:

Each account forwards all emails to an archive account.
Select mailing lists have filters that: skip the inbox, forward to [...]

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Ultimate GMail IMAP solution

November 22, 2007

My struggle managing and archiving emails across multiple devices continues.
Here are my parameters for an effective email system
1. Read and respond to email from multiple devices
2. Synchronize changes (message status, drafts) across devices
3. Have access to my full email archive
4. Online archive for backup purposes and remote access
Simple, yes?
No. IMAP offers this functionality, but [...]

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Managing the email flood

November 17, 2007

After years and years trying different strategies for dealing with email, I’ve finally come up with the easiest and most flexible solution for myself.
In the past, I’ve had many accounts, for work, shopping, websites, etc. This helped compartmentalize different aspects of my life. But in the end, one account tended to drift into [...]

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Installing Catalyst on Leopard

November 3, 2007

I’ve been working with the <a href=”http://www.catalystframework.org/”>Catalyst Web Framework</a> most of the summer. I just did a clean install of my system with Leopard. It’s good to flush out the pipes now and again as I’m a chronic shareware user and abuser. In the past, I’ve installed Catalyst by:
 
 $perl -MCPAN -e ‘install Task::Catalyst’
 
 $perl -MCPAN -e [...]

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