I use notmuch and emacs on my main workstation and I have three saved searches only: inbox, unread, and archive. inbox is for when I need an already read mail,

I use notmuch and emacs on my main workstation and I have three saved searches only: inbox, unread, and archive. inbox is for when I need an already read mail, and archive is where everything goes when I’ve finished with them in the short term (I don’t delete mails). If I need something, I can always do a more advanced search.