email management
This is a longshot, and a lot of work. I was using the GTD Add-In for MS Outlook for a while, and I'd LOVE to see Tracks support this sort of thing.
Essentially, Tracks would have to act as a web based email client. All email comes to your inbox and you then filter it from there, but w/ somewhat sophistocated wizards. For example, an email comes in from your real estate agent about an offer you've received for your house. From the Projects list, you select "Sell house". From the "Contexts" list you select "At Computer". You click the reply button and email your agent a counter offer. When you send it, instead of going to "Sent Mail", a copy goes to "Waiting".
You get the idea. Obviously, there are a million ways this could work, and the best approach might be to offer simple manual options in earlier releases that can be automated in later releases.
Essentially, Tracks would have to act as a web based email client. All email comes to your inbox and you then filter it from there, but w/ somewhat sophistocated wizards. For example, an email comes in from your real estate agent about an offer you've received for your house. From the Projects list, you select "Sell house". From the "Contexts" list you select "At Computer". You click the reply button and email your agent a counter offer. When you send it, instead of going to "Sent Mail", a copy goes to "Waiting".
You get the idea. Obviously, there are a million ways this could work, and the best approach might be to offer simple manual options in earlier releases that can be automated in later releases.
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on 2006-03-29 08:11 *
By Anonymous
Status changed from New to Accepted
Status changed from New to Accepted
It's a nice idea, but I think that if we implemented a full email client into Tracks, it would get pretty bloated quickly. However, I'm pretty sure that we could get much of the same functionality without doing too much work with web services and perhaps being able to forward an email to Tracks and have it parse it to fill out the appropriate fields.
Why don't you try something like this http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA011244681033.aspx .
Migrated to GitHub issue #240