I&#x27;m one of those &quot;zero inbox&quot; people. To me, an E-mail sitting in my inbox is a distraction-- a task I potentially have to do today. My system is pretty simple: I skim through each one. If it looks like something I have to do or respond to today, I give it a red flag. If it looks like something I have to do or respond to tomorrow, I give it an orange flag. If it&#x27;s a multi-person thread wherein I&#x27;m waiting for more info from someone else, I flag it yellow. Anything else gets no flag. For all of them, I archive them away after I&#x27;ve read them to prevent them from becoming inbox-distractions.<p>Then at the end of the day, I&#x27;ll review my red flags and do them, review my orange flags and do the ones I can, and review my yellow flags and ping them all to remind them to respond. Seems to work decently, but I often find I end up with a lot of yellow-flagged items because other people don&#x27;t have as good E-mail habits.