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by TheBozzCL 521 days ago
With Proton’s catch-all and sieve filters, I’ve simplified my method to the following:

* Every company I interact with gets a different email alias (no tags - company@mydomain.com)

* Every company gets a category tag (Finances, Travel, Entertainment, etc)

* Every category gets a folder by importance (finances are Important, travel is Somewhat Important, Entertainment is Not Important), with different retention periods (forever, 1 year, 1 month)

It’s a simple model that only requires me to put my alias in one of the rules on first receipt.

For unwieldy senders, like Klaviyo (one of their users spammed me more-than-daily and their CS was of no use), I set up a reject sieve filter literally telling them to fuck off. The emails did stop after a while, I think they got the message.

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I have a custom domain I use like this too. Some providers seem to think their email isn't getting through though and have sent me physical mail demanding I correct the issue. Big banks with my money, so I caved and gave them my Gmail even though I've never had an issue.