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IMAP 43 (45) Folders

I set up my 43 folders as IMAP folders on my Linux server. Actually, 45 folders - 1TODO is just regular Todos, that age and yell as they get older. "weekend" is stuff to take care of on the weekend.

Using some ideas I got from a post on the Google Group, I enhanced the script. I posted it at

http://jalcorn.net/weblog/pages/tickler2.html

Careful, some of it is very specific to my setup.

TOPICS: GNU/Linux
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Yeah, but why not create...

Yeah, but why not create a folder for every day you have something on (eg, tomorrow would be '2005-10-29') then have your script copy everything for tomorrow's date and earlier into your inbox?

So it looks like

Inbox
- 2005-10-29
- tomorrow's files
- 2005-10-30
- saturday's files
- 2076-06-13
- happy 100th birthday!

Anyway, I'm not trying to put a downer on your system - I think the home-grown stuff like this is the stuff that people really use, and tends to contain some of the best ideas. I was just surprised by the literal inclusion of 43 digital folders, and wondered why you had chosen it.

 
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