[samus]

I agree that genuine exchanges with the people in your life should be kept. As well as anything about purchases, invoices, salary notes etc. But my point is that these days newsletters, spam, notifications, ads, etc. make up a huge part of many people's email traffic.

If you are in the habit of exchanging a large amount of documents and pictures over email, a dedicated storage solution might be more appropriate.

Work-related communication, as in freelancing, might deserve a separate mailbox that is kept clean of unimportant things.