The solution is to take control of your time and not let your email alert dictate your efficiency, or your schedule.  If you receive only ten or twelve emails on an average day, then you can probably manage them efficiently. However, some people receive dozens of emails every day.  In this case, it helps to establish a routine for checking and sorting emails. As an example, if you receive on average 30 to 50 emails in a day, you might set aside half an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon for specifically dealing with email correspondence. 

During this time:

1. Open each email one by one and decide on appropriate action: there may be a specific task that you must complete or there is a reminder of some future event. It could be the contents need to be forwarded to another individual. If it does result in a task that is yours to complete
2. Assign the task into your calendar: rather than dropping everything else, prioritize the task to your time management tools.
3. Continue to the next email: now you can be assured that everything that was communicated to you in those emails is either scheduled to be done, has been forwarded to the appropriate person, or was simply deleted if it proved irrelevant.
4. Organize: delete all emails or file them into appropriate folders, and move on with your scheduled tasks. 

Keeping your inbox clear will help with limiting your distractions.  It is unsettling to constantly face an inbox full of emails.  It is also wasted time to go back and re-read notes you’ve already read and addressed.