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I delete almost everything:

- 1:1 or 1:n conversations get archived

- appointments, receipts, ... snoozed until day before use/event, then deleted afterwards

- newsletters, automated messages deleted after read

- promotions, discounts, ... deleted immediately

The trash serves as a 30-day buffer for things I may need to recover, e.g. shop discounts I threw out that I end up needing before they expire.

I also use Fastmail's expiration period on my inbox, so anything older than 1 month is deleted too. If it received no action in 1 month, the chances it was actually important are close to zero.



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