I have a Mac Mini and a PC laptop. Both mailboxes are currently at zero. Rarely are there more than 1 or 2 left in the inboxes, and it's usually none.

Work email has 15 currently. All stuff that I intend to follow up on. Keeps it in the front of my mind.

I have 4. I read a few but mostly delete everything that comes. Some go to save folders. The 4 that are there I have opened and just need to get back to, but no rush. I hate clutter!

Generally, I use my inbox as my to-do list. Once I’ve read something, it goes to a folder, especially Work. If it’s something that I need to follow up on, I leave it until I get done. Zero is always the goal, but usually one or two.

I’m off for over two weeks right now though. I will get to work and have nearly 2000 emails to cull through.

Unread? Zero.

I deal with them quickly. I unsubscribe from anything I'm not actively involved with. I file spam as spam. Only thing that sits in my inbox is something I need to be involved with immediately. Everything else goes into a folder. I probably have about 25 folders for storing emails that I "might" need to reference later.

I keep my In Box on the phone down to a couple dozen. I download most emails to a folder on my desktop. If too many buildup on the phone I afraid it might get too heavy to carry.

28,063

Around 18,000 in yahoo mail.

A pantload

On my phone... 5.

my gmail has tabs
I clean out the social and promotions tab every other week or so, several hundred in each

I have an old comcast email and another email I use for the shop, have to go into comcast now and again to delete the emails, sine for whatever reason microsoft one note does not do that for me,

I keep up with my emails pretty well. Currently I have about 15 in my in box, all have been read.

Home: zero

Work unread: 700+ (I am cc on hundreds every day, 90% just need a 2 second skim then another 3-5 seconds to filed for future reference. I spend 1-2 hours a day doing this, but never get the unread # down to zero (Sigh)

Work read and filed: 5k+ (1% of these are absolute must haves, but never know what they will be until after the fact, could be up to a year later)

Work "To be Trashed/Archive" folder: 10k+

I do not care for Outlook, but it's better than G-mail and the awful .mil (Lotus notes was my favorite)

0 here, I do a good job at unsubscribing and spamming bullshit emails and handle legit emails usually day of or shortly after if extra time is needed.

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Originally posted by 12131: ...Just hit that check mark on top of the page then delete. It only takes a few heart beats. Less than five, iirc. ...

~20 years ago, one of my favorite bosses; was a real dedicated worker. Cool as a cucumber, nose to the grindstone 9-5. BUT, at 5:01pm on Friday he would often hit select all > delete all. Said if it was important they would write back the next week!

It's a lost cause. I hope nobody takes it personally I didn't respond to their email...

I remember reading years ago, a piece in the WSJ if I recall, that email had become a worthless tool. I thought how could that be, a free, lightening fast, image and multimedia capable, messaging system capable of delivery anywhere in the world. The problem, is anybody in the world has access to it for free.

The construction industry was very slow to adopt technology. Today they've fully embraced it; I get hundreds of emails a day. I don't even try to keep up with it anymore. It's a tool for my use, not marketers, spamers or scamsters.

25,107.

But they're all marked as read.

None. I check my mail a few times every day, delete what I dont need.