• eskimofry@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    My stepwise plan:

    1. Gather all the email accounts I have.
    2. Long term: try to track where each email is used in critical services for communication purposes (banks, financial apps, government services)
    3. Short term: go through your email dumps and create filters for common spammers. Unsubscribe if possible.
    4. Create filters by common marketing patterns. Examples: too much punctuation, too many emojis, too many images, too many links, some marketing keywords like “hurry”, “offer”, “saving”
    5. Create rules for categorizing the emails. Like Login Security/Account info, Statements, Bills/Receipts, promotions (that come from a important site), etc.
  • GrappleHat@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    What I do:

    • Rarely give out my email (I use aliases everywhere)
    • Don’t attempt to sort incoming email (it’s a fool’s errand)
    • Email search is my friend

    The result is a cluttered inbox, sure, and that’s not “minimal”. But it does minimize the impact on my psychology. I don’t need another chore, and email sorting is an infinite chore.

    • toastal@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      Doing triaging to different folders isn’t foolish since it becomes easier to clear out entire folders. Going thru & deleting things isn’t odd either since storage isn’t free.