I have an "empty" email folder. Nothing ever goes into it. Once I'm done checking my dozen email inboxes, I switch back to the "empty" folder and it gives me the feeling of "nothing in my inbox at the moment".
This analogy isn’t convincing for me. My letter box and my email inbox both have a finite amount of space, but I can (effectively) infinitely extend my email inbox either “online” or by archiving it someplace.
I cannot achieve this with my letter box.
That assumes large volumes of important mail. Even without that though, an email inbox is a natural and “first class” place to store an email, whereas a letter box is not designed to be effective at any sort of reliable storage.
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I don't even keep my emails. I have nothing in my inbox at the moment.
If an email contains something I need to keep, it is transferred to my proper files.
Empty mail, happy life.
I have an "empty" email folder. Nothing ever goes into it. Once I'm done checking my dozen email inboxes, I switch back to the "empty" folder and it gives me the feeling of "nothing in my inbox at the moment".
Clicking “Archive” also has the same effect + you can easily finds things while not being at the computer.
It just removes the clutter from view. It’s not the same thing.
I’m using this system as well.
I don’t keep letters in my mailbox. I don’t see why i should keep emails either.
This analogy isn’t convincing for me. My letter box and my email inbox both have a finite amount of space, but I can (effectively) infinitely extend my email inbox either “online” or by archiving it someplace.
I cannot achieve this with my letter box.
That assumes large volumes of important mail. Even without that though, an email inbox is a natural and “first class” place to store an email, whereas a letter box is not designed to be effective at any sort of reliable storage.