I'll keep them forever if they have important info on them or I think I'd need them for reference. I just try to keep them organized accordingly these days.
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I'll keep them forever if they have important info on them or I think I'd need them for reference. I just try to keep them organized accordingly these days.
sentiment? no, i mostly keep business related emails and several times having an email that was 2 or 3 years old really helped me out.
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Originally Posted by XXXWriterDude
mmm depends on the nature of the email. I do have emails going back several years but I'm also into deleting on a very frequent basis.
e-mail is my preferred way of communicating with others, which I take quite seriously. So, I maintain my e-mail client the exact same way, or better than, I do my/a file cabinet!
I still have the e-mail I received my first day on the job - "work" related e-mail from 1999! All is properly seperated, or organized (month, year, from etc)
I only shift-delete spam and junk (unsolicited, generic sponsor/affiliate newsletters - not sales notices - etc)!
My DELETED ITEMS & JUNK MAIL folders are always empty!
I do not archive (nor will I) because I like having the message available to me, immediately. Also, they really do not take up all that much space - I only receive plain-text mail (mail is converted to PT, if another format, such as HTML or RT)!
To protect my e-mail, I simply create two duplicates, or "back-ups" (local, and not) by way of export to file, while retaining the original messages on my system.