I do exactly the same. I've set up about a dozen filters in Gmail to automatically identify and label things like receipts, mails from my regular correspondents, mails from important websites, and misc others that I want to separate from the herd for any reason. After I read them they get archived. Everything else gets left in the Inbox. It's currently about 50 pages long. This system (and it is a system!) means I only ever handle mail that I deem important. Everything else stays put and can stay there forever. You might think there'd be a danger of missing important mail, but for me that hasn't happened yet. New mails stay on the front page for a couple of days, on average, and I always see what I need to see.
Last edited by JohnMack : 03-30-2008 at 12:29 PM.
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