Not "losing" emailed tasks
nrroach says:
I often will "bcc" Remember the Milk when replying to an email, thus creating a task. But because I'm replying to the person who sent the email, I don't want to change the subject line of the email to create a due date and/or a tag. So when I work from my "Today" list, which is what I usually do, those emailed tasks don't show up, since they don't have due dates. I created a Smart List to fix this, with the query: "(due:today OR due:never OR dueBefore:today) AND list:main" I call this list "Today+" and made it a favorite that RTM defaults to. Now I can create tasks at the same time I respond to a client's email, and I'm not in danger of forgetting to review those tasks when I'm at work because they're not in my default list.
Two other solutions to this issue:
1. Don't BCC the email to RTM. Just send the email reply as usual, then forward it, and change the subject there.
2. Set RTM to add a due date by default to all new tasks. Set it to "today". Then, if you're ever adding a task through some other method and do not want it to get a default due date, add ^never to it when adding.
1. Don't BCC the email to RTM. Just send the email reply as usual, then forward it, and change the subject there.
2. Set RTM to add a due date by default to all new tasks. Set it to "today". Then, if you're ever adding a task through some other method and do not want it to get a default due date, add ^never to it when adding.
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