[Users] Email organization approaches

[Simon Harrison]

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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I'm quite happy with using different mailboxes / aliases for different
purposes. For example, mailing lists, server stuff goes to my info
mailbox. Anything to do with work or jobs to a work alias. Personal
stuff to my main "mail" mailbox. I also have an "archive" mailbox,
which I periodically send old emails to. I also have a couple of really
short domains, like b at bb1.uk (if I were you), for when I have to input
my address on a game controller, tv remote, scanner etc.

I went through the "inbox zero" methodology a few years ago (where
everything is sorted as you read it), but found that to be a lot of
work for no real gain.