Be Master Of Your Inbox

Do what's necessary, but reduce your email checking to two checks daily, with the idea of moving once per day after about 30 days on the twice daily schedule. You may want to send all your contacts a nice email explaining that so you can provide better service, you will be checking email twice a day and give them the hour that you schedule that for. They will know that if they get an email to you before your morning check, they will get an answer.