In that case, if it&#x27;s something they need, you can forget about it. If, on the other hand, it&#x27;s something you need, then you need to treat the e-mail as a reminder that you need to follow up - essentially, another item in your TODO - so it needs to stay in your inbox.<p>Well, I wrote &quot;you need to&quot;, but I&#x27;m describing what works for me. :) YMMV, obviously.