It all depends on your mental model. I, for instance, don't archive my messages; once they are marked as read in the inbox, I'm done with them. The point of inb

It all depends on your mental model. I, for instance, don't archive my messages; once they are marked as read in the inbox, I'm done with them. The point of inbox zero is, I believe, just to separate the place you organize your overall actions from the place you find out about new actions. When you combine the two, as a busy person, you just hold too much information in your head that could easily be taken care of by a system you can abide by.