I never mark email as read, nor do I move it out of my inbox. I have something like 800k unread emails in my inbox.<p>However, I don&#x27;t need to &#x27;declare email bankruptcy&#x27; nor do I need to clear out my inbox.. I just don&#x27;t pay any attention to the read or unread status. My inbox IS my archive.<p>My system is this:<p>When I check my email, I make sure I mark the most recent email as read. Then, I look back until I find the next email marked as read. The emails between those two are the ones that are unseen.<p>I do a quick glance at the emails in between. If they look important, I read them. If they are important but I don&#x27;t want to deal with it now, I &#x27;star&#x27; it in gmail. If it isn&#x27;t important, I just don&#x27;t do anything.<p>I don&#x27;t quite get the need to have an empty inbox or to read every email.