I recently decided to keep my email filters, because they're still working for me. On my personal laptop, which folder of mine an incoming email lands in: * T

I recently decided to keep my email filters, because they're still working for me. On my personal laptop, which folder of mine an incoming email lands in: * Trash -- All those "new device" emails that sites have started sending every time I log in from the same IP address as always, because I don't preserve their cookies (congrats, you've made security worse), plus Fedex (who won't let me unubscribe from marketing emails). I might look at this every few weeks, briefly. * Junk -- Detected spam by my email hoster, plus emails from people not in my addressbook (with a few exclusions, such as for certain domains). I have to check this folder every couple days, briefly. * Lower -- Emails matching large list of rules for senders/subjects I know I don't see soon as they arrive, but will check this folder at least once a day. * Inbox -- Everything remaining after the rules applied, which is generally emails from people I know, and things I know I want to see promptly, and new unknown stuff from addresses in my addressbook (of 11K entries). This is the only folder that triggers any kind of notification to me, and it's a fairly low-disruption notification. That's for personal. My work email setups vary by employer/client, but I always get notifications of emails by default from anyone in the company, partners, customers, etc., so I can be responsive. Then slowly add rules to exclude notifications from those of employer/client/partner/customer things that you know don't need prompt attention (like a noisy SaaS announcing every change in a high-traffic repo or wiki).