New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- The modern professional's workday often begins and ends with the same Sisyphean task: managing an overflowing email inbox. An average office worker receives approximately 121 emails every single day-a constant stream of requests, notifications, and information demanding attention. The most insidious cost is not the time spent actively in the inbox, but the attentional cost of constant interruptions.

Most people treat email like a fire alarm-every ping follows an immediate sprint. The solution to this isn't discipline alone but a system of rules and automations that can do the boring, repetitive work for you.

Not all emails are equal. Some arrive with a gravity of implied urgency, some loaded with social obligation,...