by Allen
(USA)
Schedule time for your email is a great time management tip.
I schedule 15-30 minutes in the morning and 15-30 minutes in the afternoon to check my email.
In this time I am processing my email (similar to David Allen's GTD). For tasks that are less than 5 minutes I respond there and then.
For tasks about 10 minutes or more I schedule into my Outlook diary.
I have found that scheduling my email has been a great timesaver.
Make sure that you take off the automatic email notification alert in your email.