[wrycoder]

Yes, I use the Fastmail VIP feature for this. I makes a vast difference.

I’ve got tens of thousands of emails in my inbox, even after filtering, and, at my age, I simply don’t want to spend an hour a day pawing over email. I just let it recede into the past. If someone pings me about something I “missed”, I can always dig up their email.

I have no VIP email in my inbox.

[jrochkind1]

Can you filter into folders based on VIP status or not?

Wait, you have "no VIP email in your inbox" -- where does the VIP mail go?

[wrycoder]

You can set a rule to filter into a folder based on VIP status.

I have no VIP mail in my inbox, because I processed it. And that’s nice.

Edit: I should add that FM has a switch to only show VIP mail in the inbox.

[jrochkind1]

Interesting! Can I filter all non-VIP mail into something other than my inbox? :)

[wrycoder]

Yes, you can set a rule for when “sender is not a VIP”.