stop checking my email so often

I’ve changed my work email settings so that it automatically checks less often (20 minutes instead of 5), and doesn’t interrupt me with an on-screen alert each time a new message arrives. That’s much less intrusive. I can recommend it. It’s making it easier to get things done.

It’s mostly spam and viruses and people asking me to do them a favour, for not much return to me. I don’t mind helping people out but when all the requests are aggregated it’s a real time and energy drain. Checking once or twice a day ought to be enough really, but it’s tempting to check more often just in case there is that rare treasure of a proper friendly greeting from a friend.