As an engineer myself, I have a notebook, a computer with a personal filing system that works great for me, and a superb memory that allows me to remember so many mundane details and repeat them without having to consult every last book for them.
Biggest thing I do with email is if it's an important one, it gets to stay in the inbox until dealt with. Usually no more than 3 or 4 emails at a time get to remain there. Everything else is replied to as quickly as it comes in\I can get to and filed away or deleted if not important. I recently was given a staff of 3 people to help me manage the smaller details and train up, so I have managed to shift a lot of the mundane\boring stuff to them.
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