I’m unclear as to when an email should go into an “@action support” folder. (Note that I’m already aware of the distinction between this kind of folder and the “@action” folder, in that I’m not using it to do any reminding).
I have a convenient setup where I can copy the URL of an email in my browser (I’m using gmail) and paste it into the notes section of a next action in the lists of my GTD system.
This means that, if @action support is defined as “material you need to have on hand to help you perform a specific defined next action”, then it would seem I’d never need an @action support folder in my emails in the first place (I could always just link directly to the email from the next action).
However, what about emails that I know I will need to reply to a little further down the line (Eg I need to perform some next actions first, to get the answer to reply with) or emails that I sense that in general I may need to refer to again shortly. Should those still live in an @action support folder, even though they’re associated with future actions or possible future actions, rather than specific next actions? Doesn’t this start to blur with the concept of project support?