at what point do the emails and gmail labels from jobs and projects 10+ years ago stop being relevant and should I delete them?

Oct 19, 2021 · 2:41 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk
Hypothetically, if you wanted to keep them but didn’t want them cluttering your primary Gmail you could dump them into a new Gmail account.
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That's something I hadn't considered... like forwarding them all? Or is there some way to move them between accounts that I don't know.
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Replying to @aaronpk
What a good question! I don't know if I *need* anything as old as 10 years, but I nevertheless keep backups of all old accounts. My preferred tool these days is "offlineimap" which makes it easy to keep email on file.
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That's a good idea, I'm going to give that a try
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Replying to @aaronpk
It's one of the reasons I like folders instead of labels. Old folders can be eventually moved to the "Archive" folder to get them out of the way, once I stop using them.
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At this point my main use of labels is the auto labeling rules I set up so that my inbox is color coded based on the project
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