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Spring-cleaning your inbox in three passes

Inbox zero is a trap. Inbox calm is the goal. Three quick passes to turn a mountain of mail into a system you can keep.

Spring-cleaning your inbox in three passes

Inbox zero is a trap. Inbox calm is the goal. Three quick passes to turn a mountain of mail into a system you can keep.

You will never reach the bottom of an inbox that doubles as a to-do list and a filing cabinet. Separate the jobs.

Three passes

  1. Unsubscribe from anything you would not miss
  2. Archive in bulk — search by sender, select all, archive
  3. Filter the recurring senders into folders so they skip the inbox

Old mail is searchable forever. You do not need to see it to keep it.

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