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Interesting NYT article on checking email too often. Some companies are instituting "quiet time" periods when employees aren't supposed to use email.
As I've written in the past (and in my book), I think that's a fine suggestion - but it's not the key to solving email overload. You can check email once a day or a thousand times a day, and you'll still get the same amount of email.
The key to solving information overload is learning how to let the bits go - and specifically in email, getting the inbox to zero once a day.
Not sure if that's true that you'd get the same amount of emails. Often people respond to emails, just as a knee jerk reaction, with no solutions or actions captured in their emails. This results in more useless email. Limiting the amount of time folks spend on email could limit the number of unproductive emails sent. No?