[Users] Email organization approaches

[pete]

On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 11:04:30 -0800
Ben Hancock <ben at benghancock.com> wrote:

> Hi Claws Users,
>
> This is not a Claws-specific question, but I figure many on the list
> may have good ideas (and strong opinions) about the best ways to
> organize email. The common paradigms seem to be:
>
>   (1) Don't. Just archive and search.
>   (2) Use folders for specific areas/projects.
>   (3) Something in between, with folders for some topics
>       and then year-based "Archive" folders for miscellaneous.
>
> There are probably others. I'm currently following something like #3,
> but I find it leaves a lot to be desired. I put mailing list mails into
> their own folders, and that keeps things sane on that front. I'd like
> to get into a rhythm where I can easily grab older emails and export
> them as mbox files for offline archiving.
>
> Of course, it's only email, so I should probably just move on with my
> life, but I am cursed to obsess about these sorts of things :) I'd
> welcome ideas and examples of specific setups. In case it's relevant,
> I'm thinking mostly about personal email (i.e. not work).
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
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Number 2 is my choice   far as i am concerned simply the Only sane way to do it
 and do it automatically using claws filters and processing  that way the only
 stuff that sits in the inbox is stuff you dont know about .


Pete N