[thechat] Inbox detox

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Wed Nov 3 00:40:30 CDT 2010


On 2 Nov 2010, at 19:52, Fred Jones wrote:

> I also use Thunderbird. Important emails I put in a folder. The rest I
> delete. But I *do* sometimes look up emails I sent or received months
> ago so I don't archive anything.

Archiving's a must (I archive everything over 90d old - Lotus Notes)
Deleting ephemera is a must
But I keep *everything* else - being able to refer back to stuff from even 3+ years ago has saved my bacon more times than I'm comfortable with losing.

Cheers
Martin

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