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What about Ctrl + A, Del? I'm only half-joking. How many emails older than 3 months in a mailbox growing beyond GBs are really worth saving? I don't want to sou
by samus 5y ago
What about Ctrl + A, Del? I'm only half-joking. How many emails older than 3 months in a mailbox growing beyond GBs are really worth saving? I don't want to sound harsh - that's just how my mailbox looks like.
- azinman2 5y agoYou're throwing away all your history in doing so. Personally I never want to delete emails from loved ones, which is where most of the storage ends up going anyway.
- fomine3 5y agoIs your mail box filled by lovely emails rather than newsletters/ads, really? Text emails could take small amount of volume. Maybe many photos are attached?
- azinman2 5y agoNewsletters & ads typically link externally to images rather than embed. I would guesstimate less than 10-20% of my storage (not total number of emails) is newsletters.
- samus 5y agoI agree that genuine exchanges with the people in your life should be kept. As well as anything about purchases, invoices, salary notes etc. But my point is that these days newsletters, spam, notifications, ads, etc. make up a huge part of many people's email traffic. If you are in the habit of exchanging a large amount of documents and pictures over email, a dedicated storage solution might be more appropriate. Work-related communication, as in freelancing, might deserve a separate mailbox that is kept clean of unimportant things.
- iamacyborg 5y agoYou’d be surprised. A few days ago it was useful to look back at emails I’d received over a decade ago to work out when and how well some specialist book I’d books had sold.
- folmar 5y agoI look for a 10-year old email every one or two months. The 15-year old ones practically don't ever cross the line.