the Dashboard purely as a place to collect new notes, an “intake” area
collections must be initially kept out of the Dashboard
everything that could possibly be worked on right now needs to be in one place. I use the Dashboard to answer the question, ‘what should I work on next’. Every Collection is in the Dashboard
After a message has been copied by Chandler Desktop, then in your IMAP client you may wish to archive (or set aside) the earlier copy, to avoid confusion.
What still needs to be done
Sync IMAP Flags and Read/Unread status
Unlike "regular" email, you can edit and re-send Chandler emails
collection icon resembles any/all of the
following:
* a mobile phone
* a clipboard
* an envelope, in flight, dropping downwards
Anyone: please, what _is_ that icon?
drag and drop the email messages that you want to import into Chandler into one of the folders
file incoming email into one of those folders
Depending on which Chandler folder the email is in, when it gets retrieved and imported as a Chandler item, it will be stamped as a calendar event, email message, or task
The number and nature of the special explanations, criteria and limitations of e-mail in Chandler Desktop make me think that 'Email' its sub-headings, as currently presented in 'Get Started', should not appear in Get Started.
I suggest leaving references, from the Get Started page, to pages that are dedicated to: (1) an overview of e-mail in Chandler Hub and Chandler Desktop, and of limited communications with IMAP and POP servers; (2) using Chandler Desktop to configure an IMAP server, and understanding the workflows (in particular, the aspects that are one-way, periodic (Chandler Desktop sync) and incremental (the effect of adding messages to a Chandler-specific mailbox that was previously synced)); (3) e-mail in Chandler Hub; (4) e-mail in Chandler Deskop.
Critically: the overview should contain no instructions on use; it should present, in pictures and in few words as possible, the current workflow and vision, plus maybe no more than one vision of the future.