I don't find email broken (I use gmail). I typically have multiple emails in the inbox ready to be 'worked on' if they're unread. If they're read, I've done som

I don't find email broken (I use gmail). I typically have multiple emails in the inbox ready to be 'worked on' if they're unread. If they're read, I've done something with them (and it stops my phone flashing at me constantly). Then, at the end of every month I fetch all mail via POP3 and delete all emails from my inbox. The same goes for my phone (I use SMSBackup+ on Android). But I still have my "offline" archive of data on my laptop, which I then backup once a month too. (Thanks TimeMachine).