Custom ringtones on our phones have been making it easy to tell who’s calling (and whether we want to answer) without looking at our phones for years now, so why aren’t we doing the same thing with our incoming email? A frequently firing new-email alert can throw you off a productivity sweep with nothing more than a gentle ding. You rush to your inbox to open this new gift of an email just to find that… oh… it’s another borderline offensive mass email chain from your cousin-in-law. Today I’ll show you how to set up custom alerts with your favorite desktop email client to minimize email distraction without missing important messages.
This post was inspired by this excellent post at weblog Inspect My Gadget.
Nice way to find out who the email is from. Only problem is if you have to many set you may have information over load.
