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How do you organize your email?
housetier:
yeah I mispelled the name but not the url: It is Sylpheed-Claws, to be found at http://claws.sylpheed.org/
allen:
I used to be a die hard, folder-based organizer. Now I've adopted the general Gmail/M2(Opera) approach to archiving everything, applying labels only to important/frequent access stuff, and relying on search when I need to view something else.
It took me a while to get used to this approach -- going from controlled structure to a complete break from any sort of structure/organization. The result is outstanding, however -- using search, I can locate messages much more quickly than clicking through a hierarchy of folders.
It's both an easier/lazier approach . . . and more effective. Especially when dealing with hundreds of thousands of messages.
kfitting:
I completely second Allen... Opera's M2 email, despite it's shortcomings, has me totally sold. I cannot stand a folder-based appraoch anymore!
Kevin
housetier:
I feel both of you on this, but I haven't found an email solution yet that has all of
1) slick interface
2) gpg
3) labelling/tagging of messages
gmail has 1 & 3; claws has 1 & 2. I kinda like the web interface of gmail, but I wish I could somehow bundle it with GPG. I'll save this for a thread of its own.
Tagging is a nice thing indeed once you get used to it.
Josh:
Basically, I have a section for newsletters, with a subfolder for each particular letter associated with a message filter. I have a personal folder with sub folders for family, financial stuff, important (subfoldered) and software reg info for when I buy something. Then I have a misc folder for stuff that I just store to have in case.
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