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Sorting my mails with imapfilter. I have a yaml file where I write down which mails go into which folder depending on sender or recipient or another header fiel
by leipert 9y ago
Sorting my mails with imapfilter. I have a yaml file where I write down which mails go into which folder depending on sender or recipient or another header field. Runs on a raspberry pi every ten minutes between 8 and 8.
- allendoerfer 9y agoWhat does that do for you? For me, mails have three states: 1. Need action right now. I answer them and archive. 2. Need action later. I open a TODO and archive. If I need them later, I can search for them. 3. Do not need action. These are already archived. I can search through them, if I need anything.
- leipert 9y agoWell it especially helps with work emails and sorts mails from our Confluence and Jira into respective folders. These are around 20~ mails per day. I look at them once or twice per week, grouped by subject. Another thing is newsletters. Every two to four weeks I take the time reading them. Invoices are put away (amazon, ebay, electrictity, etc.). Well I think the biggest win for me is, that mails in my inbox are typically your category 1 and I can react right away. I do not have to spare another thought on category 2 or 3. I can check my mails twice a day and it's enough. Really helps focusing on my other work. Back when I used GMail I had some of those rules as filters, but the big advantage of imapfilter on the Pi is: I can add rules pretty easy with a git commit and add new Inboxes if needed. EDIT: As I mentioned my email filter runs only between 8 and 8, which is really nice, because I do not see any new mails in the evening. This really frees my mind. If the house is burning down, don't write me a mail and give me a call.