At my cockpit, my physical inbox is the middle drawer, above the foot hote in my desk. Any letters, papers etc that need to be processed go in that drawer, rather than on an "in tray" on my desk.

Advantages:

* Doesn't take up space on my desk
* Is the right shape and has reasonable capacity
* It doesn't "look at" me!

Disadvantages:

* It doesn't "look at" me!

Do folks reckon it's better to have an on desk in tray that screams at you if it isn't regularly processed?