Awesome Tony!
I also had a great time making filters and folders. (Still have a way to go)
These are pretty amazing tools that were available all along, but somehow remained undiscovered.
Makes me smile knowing that there will be less clutter in the near future.

Brock
On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:01 PM, Tony Lillios <tony@nivana.com> wrote:

> Who knew such a simple "tool" could be so effective.
>
> I have just started on Filter rampage and am loving the results so far.  I have a top level folder called "aaFilters" and subfolders/labels of filtered content.
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> It has starting turning my Inbox from a noisy shopping mall to something a heck of a lot more manageable and focused.  I've also been more vigilant about unsubscribing from older unwanted emails.
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> I have found that I go to the "filtered" folders when I have time/interest/need in dealing with the topics and they don't feel they are interrupting/distracting me anymore.
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> With emails I have been asking myself, "Did I need to see this now?" and if not, "Can I make a rule?'.  Looking forward to getting my friends/family emails separated out.
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> For the past 25 years, I have received my mail at PO Box so that I can batch process mail when I want and have time.  This feels like that in spades.  Looking forward to the calm and focus in my inbox.
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> -tony