Email can be a blessing or a burden. It is cheap instant communication with others around the world that you can access from almost any where, however, the flip side is that you can get too much of it. Recently I have had to consolidate and organize my email situation.
First, I'm a bit overwhelmed with email, as many people probably are. I subscribe to too many newsletters and lists. I have four active email accounts. Then I keep old emails, especially at work, for reference and back up. I originally attempted to file everything in either categorical or project folders. I also created folders for inidvidual family, friends and co-workers. However, I found that searching sub-folders is a hassle, because I do not always remember if I moved an email to a person or topical folder. In addition, my favorite email cleint, Thunderbird does not search through sub-folders. Then there are the inbox size restrictions, which I have been pretty good about staying under, but some of co-workers are constantly bumping into the inbox ceiling largely due to large attachments.
I found a couple solutions...
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