[beefield]

> I have 14,183 threads in my work email inbox and I do not file emails into folders like most of my colleagues. I do not have the desire or the time to manage email folders.

This. I am not sure if my brain is wired differently or my use case for emails is somehow different to other people, but given all the search capabilities of the email clients (gmail & outlook) I have used during the last few years, I find it difficult to find less productive ways to use my work time than managing emails (either thinking whether an email should be deleted or moved to some folder).

[dingaling]

Some big corps automatically prune root inboxes of all items over a legally-determined age ( 90 or 180 days seem common ), in which case folder management is essential for retaining anything of value.