I’ve long used manual mail rules to label and sort inbound messages into different folders.
My mail provider (Proton) supports both folders and labels, with mail rules limited by the constraints of their encrypted email implementation. I used rules heavily, limits aside, to add labels for context, mark low priority as read and file it into folders and — in some cases — do both.
The problem with this though and the problem with segmented inboxes is that it multiples the number of inboxes you have to check.
Cory Dransfeldt
I think it’s a good move. One inbox, manage it well and be done with it. Exotic categorization systems just make for more work (twice).
(At the same time, if that sort of thing works for you, I ain’t gonna tell you otherwise. I’d love to hear about it, actually.)
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