Re:Ask HN: Who Is the Best Paid Email Provider? Why?
by Brajeshwar on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:26AM
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I know that others deal with emails in different ways. Of all things in communication, email will remain. Zawinski’s Law rightly expressed that, “Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.”[1]
Anyways, take time, take it slow, but use Labels, Filters, and Rules. Set them up one at a time, and play around with them. For instance, I’ve set up to label all emails from `@amazon.*` under the label/filter `DELETE ’EM.` During my digital chore, I just go there and `Select All` and delete them. The emails may be relevant at the time, but they go stale after a few days. Another way is to set up, say, newsletters to Skip the Inbox, so you can read them later on the weekends or at the end of the day, etc.
I just updated my article to reflect this. I will continue to edit/update that article as life happens.
Anyways, take time, take it slow, but use Labels, Filters, and Rules. Set them up one at a time, and play around with them. For instance, I’ve set up to label all emails from `@amazon.*` under the label/filter `DELETE ’EM.` During my digital chore, I just go there and `Select All` and delete them. The emails may be relevant at the time, but they go stale after a few days. Another way is to set up, say, newsletters to Skip the Inbox, so you can read them later on the weekends or at the end of the day, etc.
I just updated my article to reflect this. I will continue to edit/update that article as life happens.
https://brajeshwar.com/2024/email/#a-well-maintained-email-l...
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski